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where the tree gave the general symptoms that Mr. Hale 

 speaks of but it would develop the yellows." 



Professor Waite: "There is a very common character- 

 istic yellow sprout that grows rapidly in the nursery. It grows 

 only in a certain season. When a little rainy spell comes in 

 September to start them into growth, and the top being checked 

 by this disease so that they cannot keep on pushing, there will 

 be anywhere from one to three or four, and in some cases a 

 dozen of those peculiar little sprouts right around. Haven't 

 you all seen that?" 



The President: "I have, but I mean pennyroyal sprouts." 



Mr. Holmes: "I don't believe the gentleman can convince 

 any one present that in Connecticut those pennyroyal sprouts 

 are not conclusive of yellows. I had occasion to examine from 

 fifty to eighty thousand trees last summer, and I had especial 

 reference to that question, whether it would do to plant trees 

 on land where others had died with the yellows, and I never yet 

 saw a healthy orchard of trees raised upon such land. There 

 may be an exception, but in all my experience I have never seen 

 it. This last summer I examined over eighty thousand trees. A 

 great many of them set on land where other trees have been 

 affected, and I always found if an old orchard had the yellows 

 the young trees would die just as quickly as the old ones. What 

 happened in Michigan I don't know, but I am sure that the 

 gentleman is preaching heresy here to Connecticut fruit- 

 growers." 



Question: "Is there any encouragement to plant com- 

 mercial vineyards in Connecticut, and if so, of what variety?" 



Mr. Hale: "The growing number of citizens of foreign 

 residence or birth living in our cities and villages who have 

 always used the juice of the grape as one of their staple food 

 supplies has created a great demand for grapes for wine -making. 

 The supply has been inadequate here, and they now buy in 

 large quantities, and at cheaper rates in New York, Ohio and 

 Pennsylvania. These grapes come in bulk, either in bushel 

 boxes, or some such shape. Car-loads of them are coming into 

 our state, and they are being purchased at prices ranging from 

 $25 to $40 a ton. There is a large market for grapes in that 

 way. If we can grow finer bunches of grapes, so as to meet 



