EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 67 



EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING (1899) 



THE eighth annual meeting of the Connecticut Pomo- 



logical Society was held in Jewell Hall, Hartford, 

 February i and 2, 1899. 



President J. H. Hale called the meeting to order at 



10 o'clock Wednesday morning. There was a very large 

 attendance, and both the interest and attendance continued 

 through all the sessions. 



PROGRAMME 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY I 



Morning Session 



Annual Address of the President. 



Report of the Treasurer. 



Report of the Secretary. 



Report of the Standing Committee on Business and Legislation. 



J. C. Eddy, Chairman 



Report of the Committee on Injurious Insects 



Prof. W. E, Brixton, 

 Conn. Experiment Station, New Haven 

 How Can New England Apple Growers Successfully Compete 



with Other Sections ? Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan 



Afternoon Session 



Orcharding on the Hill Farms of New England 



J. W. Clark, North Hadley, Mass 

 The Successful Cultivation of the Peach and Other Orchard 



Fruits , Roland Morrill, 



Pres. Michigan Horticultural Society 

 The Problem of Over-Production . . A. C. Sternberg, West Hartford 



The Latest Concerning the San Jose Scale 



Prof. H. A. Ballou, Storrs College 



Evening Session 



Some Lessons from Our First Annual Fruit Exhibit 



Prof. A. G. GuLLEY, 

 Horticulturist, Storrs College 

 Planting to Increase the Attractiveness of the Home. (Illustrated 



lecture) .... Ernest F. Coe, Landscape Architect, New Haven 

 Pruning and Care of a Peach Orchard. (Illustrated with lantern 



slides) Roland Morrill, Benton Harbor, Mich. 



