6 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Combinations of Growers for the Most Successful Marketing of 



Fruit A. C. Sternberg, West Hartford 



Can the Fruit Growing Interests of Connecticut be Profitably 



Increased, and in What Directions? . . . T. S. Gold, West Cornwall 

 (Followed by testimony as to profitable fruit growing from 

 the fruit cultivators of the state.) 



SECOND DAY 



The Work of the U. S. Department of Agriculture : Especially 

 in Its Relation to the Prevention of Plant Diseases and 

 Injuries to Crops Through Unfavorable Weather Condi- 

 tions B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of the Division of Vegetable Pathology, Washington, D. C 



Reports and Election of Officers. 



Points About Spraying Prof. W. C. Sturgis, 



Connecticut Experiment Station 



Preventable Frost Damage Prof. S. T. Maynard, 



Massachusetts Agricultural College 



Peach Yellows, and How We Conquered It T. T. Lyon, 



Pres. Mich. Hort. Society 



The Question Box and discussions of the following problems : 

 What Shall We Do With Second and Third Quality Fruit ? 

 Live Stock in an Orchard : Sheep, Swine or Poultry ? 

 Frost Damage: How Far Preventable by Fire, Smudge or Otherwise? 

 Potash for Fruit Trees: In What Form, — Muriate, Sulphate, Ashes, or 



Tobacco Stems ? 



The old board of officers was re-elected, with the excep- 

 tion of Treasurer. N. S. Piatt was relieved, at his own 

 request, and R. A. Moore, of Kensington, succeeded to the 

 office. 



