lo THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



with committees appointed by other bodies, succeeded in 

 securing for us a well-digested 'yellows law,' and one that, 

 in the hands of your excellent commissioner and his effi- 

 cient and judicious associates, has been, in the main, for 

 the first year, very well executed. It has been an immense 

 power in educating public opinion in the state, and it 

 will, if we persevere, as I doubt not we shall, almost 

 eradicate the disease from orchards, and rid us of one of 

 the chief dangers to profitable peach orcharding. The very 

 large number of peach trees actually found and inspected 

 in the orchards of Connecticut by our commissioners, 

 together with the large number that doubtless escaped 

 their vigilant search, making a total of not far from a 

 half million, point emphatically, as do also many other 

 facts, to the growing importance of the fruit industry of 

 Connecticut, * and so, to the need of The Connecticut 

 Pomological Society." 



SPRING MEETING OF 1894 



This was held March 13, at City Mission Hall, Meriden, 

 and the following programme carried out : 



PROGRAMME 



Strawberries : Cultivation and Fertilization . . .J.N. Barnes, Yalesville 



Strawberries : Harvesting and Marketing J. C. Eddy, Simsbury 



Strawberries : New Varieties J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury 



Fungous Diseases of Pomaceous Fruits Dr. W. C. Sturgis, 



Connecticut Experiment Station 

 Sheep and Fruits : Some Advantages and Disadvantages of 



the Combination C. I. Allen, Terryville 



Quinces in Connecticut W. F. Platt, Milford 



Summer Pruning Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan 



Yields of Apples : What Has Been Done and What Can be 



Done Discussion 



*See A Brief History of Peach Culture in Connecticut, page 175. 



