68 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2 



Morning Session 



Influence of Rainfall upon Parasitic Fungi . Prof. Byron D. Halsted, 



New Jersey Experiment Station 



Conditions that Influence the Setting of Fruit N. S. Platt, 



State Pomoloffist 

 What Are the Apparent Results of the Repeal of the Peach 



Yellows Law . . Discussion, opened by J. Norris Barnes, Yalesville 



(Prof. Halsted will tell of the New Jersey experiences.) 



Afternoon Session 



Annual Business and Election of Ofiicers. 



Report of the Committee on New Fruits. 



Fertilizers in Fruit Growing Dr. E. H. Jenkins, 



Vice-Director Conn. Experiment Station 



Small Fruit Culture : What Can Growers Do to Improve Market 



Conditions ? . . Discussion, opened by J. C. Eddy, Simsbury ; G. S. 

 Butler, Cromwell ; W. H. Mansfield, West Hartford. 



THE president's ADDRESS 



In his annual address President Hale congratulated the 

 Society on its continued growth and prosperity, and said, 

 in brief, that its work was tending to show the farmers of 

 Connecticut that this was essentially a fruit-growing state, 

 and that in the near future its fruit crops would be of 

 greater commercial value than all the other crops now 

 being grown. The soil of Connecticut is capable of pro- 

 ducing all the deciduous tree fruits and small fruits in 

 highest perfection. Extreme climatic changes of winter are 

 the most serious drawback. 



The winter of '98 had proved to be the most favorable 

 one for fruit-buds in many years. There was a wonderful 

 amount of bloom on all trees and plants in the spring, 

 but weeks of warm, rainy weather during this blooming 

 season not only blasted the great majority of the flowers, 

 but where the fruit had set, caused it to rot in its green, 

 immature state soon after forming. As a result the fruit 



