THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Report of Committee on Markets and Transportation. 



Mr. Choirmaii and Members of the Connecticut Poniological 

 Society : 



In presenting this report for the year 1*^^U1 we would 

 say that good progress in the right direction has been made, 

 but much that will be beneficial to fruit growing- interests 

 here in Connecticut, will ultimately come out of the past 

 year's experience. The first thing that an individual or com- 

 mittee looking up transportation or marketing matters must 

 be prepared to answer is : How much have }ou got tlrat 

 you want moved, and to what points, and when ? 



The smooth working of the transportation plan, as ar- 

 ranged for in a general way some years ago through the 

 members of this committee and which has had here and there 

 from time to time the re-adjusting touches applied, has had 

 much to do with the present quite satisfactory handling of 

 our crops of fruit. The committee wishes to say right here 

 that we found the officials in authority of the New York, 

 New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company willing to do all 

 reasonable things for us that we might successfully reach mar- 

 kets that we believed we had to have for our fruit. Connecti- 

 cut peaches v/ere quite well distributed over New England, and 

 considerable quantities of peaches went to points in New Jer- 

 sey and Pennsylvania. For some years it has been felt that 

 soon New York City must be had to place a portion of our 

 peach crop of Connecticut, and this year an arrangement was 

 made, through the efforts of Mr. J. H. Hale, whereby the en- 

 trance into the New York market could be made successfully 

 and easily, a condition not heretofore attending a shipment to 

 this market from Connecticut. The other members of this 

 committee feel that much credit is due Mr. Hale for the 

 successful perfection of the scheme into a good workable 

 plan, which only lacked a sufficient quantity O'f fruit to have 

 been of much use to shippers of fruit to that market. The 

 arrangement made necessitated the making up of a train load 



