58 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Question : Do yon use lime and sulphur one to five ? 

 Was that the proportion? 



Mr. Drew : I would not give any proportion, because,, 

 as I said, we have been experimenting for strength. We 

 tried it first one and one-half to fifty, and we damaged our 

 foliage. 



Question : That was the chemical solution that you 

 prepared yourself? 



Mr. Drew : That was a prepared solution of lime and' 

 sulphur, and then I think we got it down to one to seventy- 

 five, but that proportion I would not say is just right, because- 

 that is something that we are going to experiment with fur- 

 ther. 



Question : Did the mixture of one to seventy-five give 

 you any damage? 



Mr. Drew : No sir. 



Mr. J. H. Hale: Mr. President, I just want to take 

 a moment to emphasize the importance of this address 

 that we have had by Mr. Drew. I am suffering from an 

 illness, but it seems to me that I ought to take a moment 

 of your time to emphasize the more important points of 

 this address to the pomological industry of this state. It 

 seems to me that the subject that we have had so ably laid 

 before us this afternoon is one of the most important that 

 has come before us in years. I visited Mr. Drew's place 

 in Greenwich, and I want to say that although those are 

 beautiful apples that he is showing us, they were grown 

 in a very unfavorable apple location ; one of the poorest 

 locations in the state for producing good apples. There- 

 fore, it emphasizes the results all the more strongly which 

 he has secured. 



If you will pardon me for a few moments to discuss 

 that question a little in detail. There were several farms 

 along on the highway in the southern part of the state 

 leading to the farm occupied by Mr. Drew. I drove down 



