l8o THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Resolved, That we extend to Mr. Merriman and his family 

 our most heartfelt sympathy. We rejoice with him in good 

 works well done in the past, and wish for him a speedy recov- 

 ery to good health and many years of future usefulness to 

 himself and this Society. 



JMr. Hale: We all know in the early days of the organ- 

 ization of this Society, when a dozen or more interested fruit 

 growers met in the state capitol, and organized first a peach 

 growers' association, which in a short time was merged into 

 the State Pomological Society, Mr. Alerriman was one of 

 the original members of this association, and an active worker 

 from the very start, and after a few years he was made 

 president of the Society and served us ably in that position. 

 We miss him here at this meeting ; we all know his keen 

 Yankee wit and ability to analyze things, which would come 

 out in some simple question that got right at the heart of the 

 matter, and he has been wonderfully helpful to us all by his 

 personal association with us and by the ideas he has advanced, 

 and the opportunities he has given us of assisting his own 

 work and the work of his friends over in the Southington 

 peach section. I certainly feel confident this association will 

 be glad to extend its sympathy to Brother Merriman at this 

 time. 



The resolution was seconded and passed unanimously. 



The following resolutions concerning the Connecticut 

 Agricultural College were introduced by Stanclifif Hale : 



Resolved ( i ) , That the Connecticut Pomological Society, 

 in annual meeting assembled, cordially endorses the work and 

 management of the Connecticut Agricultural College, believ- 

 ing that it is actively advancing the scientific and practical 

 interests of farmers and fruit growers. 



Resolved (2), That this Society, therefore, heartily favors 

 the erection of the new dormitory for sixty-six men, proposed 

 by the Board of Trustees, for relieving the present over- 

 crowded condition and for accommodating the new students 

 who desire to enter the college. 



Resolved (3), That the Secretary of this Society be 

 instructed to send, as soon as possible, a copy of these resolu- 

 tions to both the Senate Chairman and the House Chairman 

 of the Committee on Appropriations of the present General 



