178 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



Under the foregoing law the following appointments 

 were made : 



By the State Board of Agriculture — 



Commissioner on Peach Yellows : Josiah M. Hubbard, of 

 Middletown. 



By the Commissioner, with the approval of the Board 

 of Agriculture — 



Deputies for Hartford County : A. C. Sternberg, of 

 West Hartford, and Roswell A. Moore, of Berlin. 



For New Haven County : Dennis Fenn, of Milford ; 

 E. C. Warner, of North Haven, and J. Norris Barnes, of 

 Wallingford. 



For Fairfield County: George C. Comstock, of Norwalk, 

 and W. J. Jennings, of Greens Farms. 



For Litchfield County : Ard. Welton, of Plymouth. 



For Tolland County : Gideon Tillinghast, of Vernon. 



For Windham County : Ezra C. May, of Woodstock. 



For New London County: E. J. Hempstead, of New 

 London. 



For Middlesex County : George S. Butler, of Cromwell. 



Working under special rules of the Commission, these 

 deputies prior to October i, 1893, had inspected all the 

 commercial orchards of the state and quite a considerable 

 number of trees in private gardens. They found practi- 

 cally 10 per cent of the 300,000 trees inspected to be affected 

 with yellows, the percentage of disease varying from less 

 than I per cent, in the best cared for orchards, up to more 

 than 40 per cent in those where ignorance of the disease 

 and neglect of culture were most prevalent. 



The passage and intelligent enforcement of this law gave 

 encouragement to many would-be planters, so that more 

 than 100,000 trees were put out in new orchards in the 

 spring of 1894. About an equal number were planted 

 in the spring of 1895 ; while in i8g6, more than 200,000 

 new trees were added to the orchards of the state. 



As the quite thorough enforcement of the law showed 

 a less and less percentage of diseased trees each year, 

 Connecticut peach planters, all over the state thoroughly 

 in sympathy with the law, very materially aided the Com- 

 mission and deputies in its enforcement. 



