6o THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention came to order for the afternoon ses- 

 sion at one-thirty, President Rogers in the chair. The at- 

 tendance was a record-breaker, every seat in the main floor 

 being filled and the crowd overflowing into the galler>'. 



The large audience was an interested one and gave 

 close attention to the many splendid addresses and discus- 

 sions. 



The stage presented a fine appearance, the decoration^ 

 having been completed during the noon recess. The front of 

 the stage was banked with a grand display of apples, in boxes, 

 baskets and mounds, and with a background of palms and 

 flowering plants made a picture not soon forgotten. 



President Rogers : Gentlemen, please come to order 

 and we will beg'in our program. We will take up some of 

 these questions which are printed on the program until the 

 people get together a little moTe. 



Question No. 1 : "What fertilizer, if any, will assist 

 in giving a high color to apples ?'' 



Perhaps some of us apple growers would say at the 

 present time that slag was the best thing to use, but we have 

 only used it for a few years and I am not ready to say that 

 slag is the only thing that will add color. The last few, years 

 we have had dry, sunny weather in ripening up apples, and 

 that has helped in getting the good ruddy color on them. 

 I believe in using the slag in some places, because I think 

 you can produce a better colored fruit than you can if you 

 do not use that particular fertilizer. 



If there is anyone here who would like to have any par- 

 ticular questions brought up we would like to hear from 

 them. 



The next question which follows is No. 2: "Which is 

 better as a fertilizer for fruit, basic slag or ground bone and 

 lime ?'' 



