CONTENTS 



Proceedings. p^^j. 



President's Opening Address i 



Secretary's Report 4 



Treasurer's Report 8 



Report of Committee on Injurious Insects 14 



The Outlook for Small Fruit Growers. A. N. Farnham .... 24 



Report of Committee on Fungous Diseases 33 



The Connecting Link Between Fruit-Growing and Fruit-Selling. 



J. Clarence Harvey 44 



The Food Value of Fruits. Leroy A. Smith 51 



Signs of the Times in Horticulture. Charles W. Garfield ... 58 

 The San Jose Scale and the Latest Methods of Treatment. W. 



G. Johnson 75 



State Legislation Against Fruit Pests; the Situation in Con- 

 necticut. W. E. Britton . 102 



Address by Mr. H. W. Collingwood no 



Ten Years of Pomological Progress in Our State. J. H. Hale . 113 



Address by Mr. William Scott 124 



Some Diseases of Orchard Fruits. M. B. Waite ... 131 



The Spraying of Peach Trees. W. C. Sturgis 140 



Grape - Growing and Wine - Making in Connecticut. Albert 



Bernhard 144 



The Methods of a Successful Plum-Grower. William H. 



Skillman 151 



Report of the Committee on Legislation 161 



Suggestions on Fruit - Canning and Preserving. Mrs. Harvey 



Jewell 167 



Recent Observations in the Apple Orchard. A. G. Gulley . . . 182 



Orchard Culture ; Best Tools and Methods. Ethelbert Bliss . . 189 



Experiments in Fertilizing Orchards. E. H. Jenkins 193 



Report of Special Committee on Fruit Exhibit 207 



Report of Special Committee on Implement Exhibit 208 



Report of Institutes and Field Meetings. 



Institute at Southington, March 16, 1900 211 



Institute at Stratford, March 31, 1900 217 



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