FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 



FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING (1895) 



Held at the State Capitol, Hartford, February 28, 1895. 



PROGRAMME 



MORNING SESSION 



Ripening Pears R- A. Moore, Kensington 



The Peach Yellows Law : Its Workings and Results . . . J. M. Hubbard 

 Light from Science and Experiences in Michigan with the 



Yellows Prof. A. G. Gulley, 



Storrs Agriculture College 



AFTERNOON SESSION 



Present Conditions of Orchards and Fruit Buds Discussion 



Hints to Connecticut Orchardists Prof. A. G. Gulley 



Election of Officers and Annual Business. 



Spraying Calendar Dr. W. C. Sturgis, 



Connecticut Experiment Station 



Potash for Orchards Prof. W. E. Britton, 



Connecticut Experiment Station 



The San Jose Scale, Japanese Plums, and Green Manuring . . 



J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury 



In his address. President J, B. Smith, referred to the 

 gratifying success of the Society, and said: "It was not born 

 out of its time, but as a result of its work has come mutual 

 help and protection to the fruit growers of the state. Again, 

 the past season, Connecticut has shown its adaptability to 

 peach culture, and today the peach industry in this state is 

 a large and growing one. Our excellent peach yellows law 

 is proving a good thing and should be upheld. Of plums 

 we had a phenomenal crop ; pears also were fine. The apple 

 crop of '94 was only a moderate one, but we may congratu- 

 late ourselves that Connecticut fared better than the country 

 at large. We should look upon the apple as the safest and 

 surest of our fruit crops. Our experiment stations should 

 be equipped to do more practical work in the interests of 

 the fruit grower." 



Secretary Butler reported the Society in a flourishing 

 condition, so far as membership was concerned. A balance 

 of $86.43 was reported by the Treasurer. 



