242 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Second Field Meeting of the Season. 



For some time the Society had been promised an op- 

 portunity to visit the orchard venture of Brother J. H. 

 Hale, located at Seymour, Conn., and known as the Hale 

 & Coleman orchards, but not until the fall of 1910 did the 

 long-looked for event materialize. 'Along in September, 

 with an unusually fine apple crop in sight, Mr. Hale sud- 

 denly gave the word to arrange for the meeting, and the 

 following invitation went out to the fruit growers of the 

 state : 



AN APPLE FIELD DAY 



at the 



Hale & Coleman Fruit Farm, Seymour, 



September 23, 1910. 



Our members and their friends are now to have the long- 

 promised opportunity to visit Mr. Hale's Seymour Orchards and 

 see what has been developed from one of the roughest pieces of 

 land in Connecticut. The peach harvest is over, but the apple 

 crop is in fine shape, just ready for picking. A yield of about one 

 thousand barrels of splendid fruit is promised. 



Apple Culture— Apple Gathering— Apple Packing— and Apples 

 as the most important money crop for the Connecticut fruit grow- 

 er, will be discussed and demonstrated at this meeting. 



Don't fail to come! Take the time to attend even if you are 

 busy. 



Dinner will be strictly on the Basket-lunch plan. Don't for- 

 get to bring your lunch basket! 



Busses will meet visitors at Seymour Station on arrival of 

 9:32 train from New Haven and other trains and trolleys. Bus 

 fare, 50c. round trip. 



Brothers Hale and Coleman will welcome all interested. 



Don't miss this profitable meeting! 



Although this meeting was necessarily held on short 

 notice, there was a good attendance, over one hundred 

 members and other fruit growers turning out for the trip. 

 The visitors were met at Seymour by big busses, and a 



