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1897 



PAGES 



Sixth Annual Meeting. — Programme — President's address — 

 Review of '96 fruit crops and conditions — Connecticut as a 

 peach-growing state — The peach yellows law — The apple 

 the king of fruits for Connecticut — Cherry planting — Japan 

 plums — Protection against spring frosts — Points in market- 

 ing — Home supply of fruits — Reports of Secretary and 

 Treasurer — Resolutions on repeal of peach yellows law — 

 Election of officers. 



Vernon Center Institute. — Programme. 



Southington Institute. — San Jose scale 14-20 



1898 



Seventh Annual Meeting. — Programme — President's address — 

 Value of field meetings — Review of '97 fruit crops — Japan 

 plums — Peaches — Spraying to protect peach buds — Repeal 

 of yellows law — Brown rot — San Jose scale — Report of Sec- 

 retary — Growth of Society — Membership badges — Receipts 

 and expenses of Society — Meetings and institutes of '97 — 

 Need of funds — Proceedings of Society should be published 

 — Field meetings — Fruit exhibitions — Co-operation in buy- 

 ing and selling — Reports [of Committees — Resolutions on 

 publishing the Society's proceedings — Premiums for fruit 

 exhibitions — Resolutions on offering premiums — New fruits 

 — Resolutions concerning N. Y. Exp. Sta. fruit exhibit — 

 Publication of annual reports urged — Pomonas of Granges 

 made honorary members of the Society — Election of oflfi- 

 cers — Resolution regarding foreign markets — Chairman of 

 Standing Committees 20-29 



Addresses and Discussions. — New Varieties of Small Fruits (Mr. 

 Butler) — Apple Orchards the Salvation of New England 

 Farms (Mr. CoUingwood) — Relation of Foliage to Fruit (Mr. 

 Piatt) — Apple Possibilities in Connecticut (Mr. Hoyt) — Dis- 

 cussion of Mr. Hoyt's paper — Discussion of Question List . . 30-56 



Cheshire Institute. — Our Insect Acquaintances (Professor Brit- 

 ton) — The Growing and Marketing of Small Fruits (Mr. 

 Eddy) — Discussion of Mr. Eddy's paper — Stirring the Soil 

 (President Hale) — The Outlook for Orcharding in Connecti- 

 cut (discussion) — Spraying Apparatus (Dr. Sturgis) 56-62 



First General Fruit Exhibition. — Entries and premiums . . . 62-67 



1899 



Eighth Annual Meeting. — Programme — President's address — 

 Value of Connecticut fruit crops — Review of '98 fruit crops 

 and conditions — The apple as a commercial factor — Commer- 

 cial fertilizers — Fruit profits — Insects and diseases — Impor- 



