NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 35 



Afternoon Session. 



The Society was called to order at 2 p. m. for the af- 

 ternoon session, President Gold in the chair. 



The attendance throughout the day was the largest in 

 the history of the Society, every seat in the hall being 

 filled. There were many ladies present, and all present 

 manifested the greatest interest in the proceedings. 



President Gold : Give your attention, ladies and gen- 

 tlemen, and we will take up the work of the afternoon 

 session. 



The Committee on New Fruits, the report of which 

 is expected to be made to-morrow r , requests that notice be 

 given that if any person or member has tested any new 

 varieties of fruit during the year so that they have formed 

 a settled conviction with regard to their value, the Com- 

 mittee wishes them to make an expression of their views to 

 any of the members before leaving the hall this afternoon. 

 Mr. John R. Barnes is Chairman on the Committee on New 

 Fruits. If you have any views in the matter, you .will 

 please call his attention to them, or see one of the other 

 two members of the Committee during the afternoon. 

 They will all be here in the hall, and they would be glad 

 to hear from you. 



Now I would like to take up and discuss some of these 

 questions which are on the printed list. The first ques- 

 tion, perhaps, might be of interest. "Can hill lands lo- 

 cated five to eight miles back from a railroad station be 

 profitably used for orchard purposes?" Will anyone vol- 

 unteer any information on this subject? Mr. Hale, will 

 you say a word? Mr. Hale does not appear to be here. 

 I know that he has tried some such land. Perhaps Mr. 

 Coleman of Seymour would say a word. 



Mr. Coleman: Mr. President, I think they can be. 



