PART TWO 



A Brief Record of Field Meetings, 



Exhibitions, Institutes, Etc., 



Held in 1911. 



Summer Field Meetings, 1911. 



The Executive Committee of the Society met early in 

 July at Savin Rock, on the shore, and besides enjoying- a 

 fine shore dinner, considered and acted upon considerable 

 business, especially in relation to the holding of the usual 

 series of summer field meetings. Several invitations for 

 meetings were received, but in view of the immense peach 

 crop promised in the state, it was decided to concentrate the 

 efforts of the Society on one big peach meeting, which would 

 give the growers, fruit buyers and railroad officials an op- 

 portunity to confer together for the satisfactory handling 

 of the crop. It was estimated that the peach crop of 1912 

 would probably total about one hundred thousand baskets 

 more than the big yields of the past year or two, which have 

 reached one-half million baskets, and the importance to the 

 grower of proper facilities for shipping and marketing the 

 fruit was recognized by the committee. 



Accordingly the kind offer of W. A. Henry & Son to 

 hold a field meeting at their WalHngford orchards was ac- 

 cepted, and the following call was sent out for a 



