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gestion was carried out it would result in improving the stock. 



A jMember: I was talking with a cherry man awhile ago, 

 and he tried to make me think that the reason cherries could 

 not be raised in Connecticut was because the orchards were 

 not large enough so that there would be enough for the birds 

 and enough for ourselves too. 



Mr. PIale: The trouble in Connecticut is not entirely on 

 account of the birds. The trouble is you can not make the 

 tree live in Connecticut. I mean the sweet cherry tree. I 

 think it is probably on account of the stock. When I went 

 into my present home eight or nine years ago, there were a 

 few cherry trees there. I wanted some cherries for my family 

 and so I planted about a dozen trees, and I have been planting 

 ever since, but I presume among all that I have planted since 

 I have not got more than two or three good ones now. I have 

 one good tree that T know of, and two or three more that are 

 doubtful. That satisfied me that the trouble in Connecticut 

 is in the stock, for I took care to get as good trees as I could 

 to plant, and took care of them as well as I knew how. I 

 will bet that I have planted fifty, and I have only got one 

 STOod tree. I think the trouble is with the stock. 



The San Jose Scale Problem. 



President Gulley : We will now take up the regular 

 scheduled program of the morning. As you know, the lead- 

 ing topic for this morning's session is "The San Jose scale 

 Problem," one of the most important problems now confront- 

 ing the growers of Connecticut. The first speaker on this 

 subject is Dr. E. P. Felt, the State Entomologist of New York, 

 whom I now have the pleasure of introducing to you. 



Dr. Felt : Mr. President, and ladies and gentlemen, it 

 gives me very great pleasure to appear before you this morn- 

 ing, and I hope that you are not expecting too much that 

 is new, because unfortunately we can not always turn out a 

 host of new facts. You have here in Connecticut a very ca- 



