m THE CONNECTICL'T POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The same rule liolds good in raspberries. Let in the sun- 

 hg-ht and the air. 1die secret of this whole color business is 

 just this. — utilize the sunlight and the air, and you cant get 

 color without these elements, and you can get the color neces- 

 sary \\ith them In- doing the other necessary things. Knowing 

 this, is a valuable help in fruit growing. \\'e are all eager iox 

 a little more money, so we crowd the plants and trees a little 

 more closely. That method is all wrong. We plant closel}- 

 and then we lack the color that brings us the dollars, and so we 

 don't get the dollars, after all. Hilltops, wide-apart planting, 

 open head trees, planted far apart, light soils, plenty of potash 

 and all the sunshine you can get are the essential elenients of 

 color-making. 



Discussion. 



A Member: Artificial defoliation of the tree by spraying 

 weakens the vitalit3^ doesn't it? 



Mr. Hale: Certainly, and I do not recommend it. 



Mr. Callahan : Wouldn't heavy spraying with lime and 

 sulphur prevent the rust}' appearance? 



Mr. Hale : I think so, but you must ask the scientific 

 fellow. 



AIr. Ives : Regarding fine spraying, don't we put more oif- 

 our trees than we ought to ; more than we know we are 

 putting on? 



Dr. Clinton : The season may have something to do 

 with the rusting of the apples; the skin of some varieties of 

 apples is more susceptible to the trouble and \\\\\ show it de- 

 cidedly. Spraying should be done evenly and thoroughly and 

 care taken in the preparation of the mixture used. 



Mr. Platt : In tlie Rocky Mountain districts the apple 

 growers keep the trees covered with Bordeaux mixture the 

 wdiole season. With an arid climate, of course, the conditions 

 are entirely different. 



Mr. Ellsworth : Last year just before harvesting time 

 we had a season of exceedingly bright sunshine and our apples 

 colored up two weeks earlier than ever before. 



The Secretary here presented the following communication 

 regarding the appropriation by Congress for the Biological 

 Survey of the U. S. Department of Agriculture : 



