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had something interesting,^ancl witty to say. He compli- 

 mented Mr. Lyman on his success as a fruit grower, say- 

 ing: "He has opened our eyes to what can be accom- 

 plished on our Connecticut soil. Brains, energy and capi- 

 tal have done it, and Mr. Lyman should be given full 

 credit. Such examples of peach growing success are at- 

 tracting" attention in other sections, as well as all over 

 New England. There is a banner crop of peaches in 

 Connecticut this year, and the orchards are being given 

 better attention than formerly. Most of our fruit goes to 

 Boston and other leading New England cities. Because 

 of lack of proper freight facilities at the New York end, 

 very little of our fruit reaches that market. However, the 

 railroads are anxious to do all they can for our fruit ship- 

 pers and are giving us splendid service to the markets we 

 attempt to reach." Mr. Hale referred to the peach crop 

 in Georgia and Texas, the harvested there being just over 

 for the season. Eight thousand five hundred cars were 

 shipped from these sections in five weeks. Summer spray- 

 ing of peaches in Georgia has helped to save the crop from 

 brown rot, which is the scourge of southern peach orchards. 

 He had used compressed air in spraying and the peaches 

 were sprayed three times with the self-boiled lime-sulphur 

 wash. This resulted in getting rid of the brown rot and 

 improved the firmness and quality of the fruit. 



Mr. T. K. AVinsor of Rhode Island was next called on. 

 He said it was an inspiration to come and see this splen- 

 did farm and fruitful orchards, one jof the greatest object 

 lessons to be found anywhere in fruit growing. He told 

 of his work in spraying this season with arsenate of lead. 



Prof. A. G. Gulley followed with a brief talk, in which 

 he complimented Mr. Lyman on the successful manage- 

 ment of his extensive farm. 



'Mr. Orlando Harrison, a prominent fruit grower and 

 nurseryman of Berlin, ]\Id., was the next speaker. Mr. 

 Harrison said we all learn much from such men as Lyman, 

 Hale and others who are pioneers in fruit growing. He 



