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value to even^ member of the Society. To this end, we bespeak 

 the active assistance, in the ways above outlined, of every mem- 

 ber of the Society. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. C. SturgiS, Chairman, 



G. S. Butler, 



A. B. Plant. 



A Me.Mi5ER: "What time do you recommend spraying for 



raspberries? " 



Dr. Sturgis: "Just as soon as the leaves come out." 

 The morning session was closed at this point and a recess 



taken to 1.30 p. m. 



AFTERNOON SESSION — FIRST DAY 



The Society was called to order at 1.45 P.M., President 

 Merriman in the Chair. 



The President: "For a few moments I will start the 

 question list. No. i reads, ' What, and how many varieties, 

 would you plant in a commercial apple orchard of 500 trees?' " 



Mr. Hale : "If that applies to Connecticut I should say 

 not more than three or four kinds of red winter apples. I 

 should probably plant more Baldwins than anything else, but 

 be sure and know what it is that you do plant. Probably 

 some Sutton Beauties and a few Rome Beauties. If we knew 

 as much now as we will ten years from now we probably 

 would n't plant any Baldwins at all, but the trouble is we 

 don't know, so it is best to be on the safe side and plant 

 something that we know something about." 



Professor Gulley: "That is one of the questions that 

 was brought up at the New York Society. I think there are 

 one or two apples that they referred to there that we do not 

 talk much about, the Jonathan and the Rome Beauty. I do 

 not know as to the Jonathan why it should not be good to 

 plant here. I can't see why that is not as good for a red 

 winter apple as some of these other varieties that we hear 

 more about. We are getting every day or two that very 

 question: what to plant for a winter apple. I have prepared 



