8o THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



miums for the most complete orchard records and best 

 results that have, so far, been secured in our state, or that 

 shall be secured during the term of service of this com- 

 mittee, with the design of giving to the apple orchardists 

 of Connecticut new and valuable data as to cultivation, 

 fertilization, pruning, spraying, varieties, and any other 

 points that said committee shall deem it wise to consider. 

 The committee shall hold office for five years, be empowered 

 to fill vacancies among themselves, and to raise funds by 

 subscription, or by arrangement with some first-class fertil- 

 izer manufacturer, or in whatever other way the Committee 

 may deem most advantageous to the interests of the Society. 

 But, in any event, the treasury of the Connecticut Pomo- 

 logical Society shall be put to no expense and shall incur 

 no pecuniary responsibilit}' for any of the transactions of 

 the Committee, unless by direct vote of the Society. Said 

 Committee shall make a report of its progress and plans 

 at each annual meeting, and its premiums shall then be 

 awarded. 



The President appointed, in accordance with the above 

 resolution, the following committee : T. S. Gold, West 

 Cornwall; J. B. Smith, Berlin; A. G. Gulley, Storrs ; Dennis 

 Fenn, Milford ; Edwin Hoyt, New Canaan. 



On motion of Professor Britton, it was voted : That the 

 Executive Committee of the Society be authorized to pre- 

 pare and publish the proceedings of this annual meeting 

 and such other matter of value and interest to Connecticut 

 fruit growers as they think advisable. 



President Hale announced the receipt of a telegram of 

 greeting from T. S. Gold, the venerable Secretary of the 

 Board of Agriculture, who was detained at home by illness. 



On motion of Mr. Sternberg, it was voted : That a mes- 

 sage be returned to Mr. Gold, thanking him for his interest 

 in the Society, expressing our sympathy for him, and an 

 earnest desire for his speedy restoration to good health. 



In the course of the meeting the following papers and 

 addresses were enjoyed, in the order indicated hy the pro- 

 gramme, and, at convenient intervals, topics from the 

 Question List were discussed. 



