34 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Merriman: It seems to me that the time has 

 come when we have got to organize to find profitable 

 markets for our peaches. As it is now, with each man 

 going it alone, such markets as Hartford, Boston or Provi- 

 dence, will very likely be over-stocked, and there has got 

 to be some head for a more even distribution of the fruit in 

 order to get the best results. 



Mr. A. C. Innis: I think it would be a good plan for us 

 to at least investigate the methods used by the Western New 

 York grape associations. The general idea is this: A com- 

 pany is formed and one man is employed whose business it 

 is to look after the markets daily ; either by telegraph or 

 telephone he keeps himself posted as to the condition of 

 different markets. The fruit is shipped to him and he con- 

 signs it to whatever place it seems best according to the 

 market conditions. 



Mr. J. Norris Barnes: I have been thinking for some 

 time if it would not be possible for us to cross the water. 

 If it would not be possible to put our fruit in condition 

 that, with proper storage, it could be sent across, just as 

 we do apples. If this could be done, it would open a great 

 outlet for the peaches on our Connecticut farms. I cer- 

 tainly wish this Society would take a step in this direction 

 by appointing a committee to investigate the matter. It 

 would benefit every fruit grower in Connecticut. 



Mr. A. C. Sternberg: For the past twenty-five or 

 thirty years the citizens of Maryland, New Jersey and Del- 

 aware, raised and marketed more peaches than the State 

 of Connecticut. They have not, perhaps, met with as 

 great success as we have in our home markets, but with 

 our better quality, with our superior handling, and, I 

 might say, our superior way of doing business, I have no 

 fear but that the crop of peaches which is now on the trees 

 in this State, can be disposed of to good advantage within our 

 own country. I have been in Boston several times in market- 

 ing my peaches for the past few years and I have found that 

 the market in Boston had almost no limit, and all we do 

 need is to have a responsible party to represent us there. 

 My experience has been that the markets are not lacking 

 in reliable men, who will devote their best energy to their 



