36 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



President Gold: Well, can't you give us sonic rea- 

 son? 



Mr. Coleman : I think that this land can be profit- 

 ably cultivated for orchard work. I think there is no 

 doubt about it. There is a lot of excellent land in this 

 state which can be bought for low prices, and which is 

 better than some land which is close to the railroad. I 

 do not believe that the fact that it is distant from a rail- 

 road station is enough of a difficulty to prevent its use. 

 Even if it is as far away as six or eight miles, it does not 

 necessarily destroy its value for orchard work. To be 

 sure, it is somewhat of a handicap to have it located as 

 far back as that, but there is a lot of that kind of land in 

 the state which ought to be taken up, and if it was prop- 

 erly cultivated and set out with young trees, would make 

 mighty fine orchards. Some of these places in the back 

 towns are better to visit than those that are nearer to 

 markets or to a railroad station. There are a good many 

 points in favor of such land over land that is situated near- 

 er a railroad outlet. 



President Gold : Professor Sanderson is still here, 

 and we will call on him to say a few words in connection 

 with his address of this morning, and you will then have 

 an opportunity to ask him any questions which you wish. 



Prof. Sanderson : Mr. Chairman, I had to hurry 

 through the slides this morning. 



The slide which I left on the screen showed the apple 

 maggot. I really wanted to bring out the difference be- 

 tween the apple maggot and the codling moth and why 

 the method of spraying for one is of no value for the 

 other — for the apple maggot. The only method of con- 

 trolling the maggot, as we know, is to pick up the fruit 

 which is dropped, or else to run the hogs in the orchard, 

 and keep the orchard thoroughly cultivated. Where you 

 have only a few trees, you can fence them in, and by keep- 



