56 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



3'ears ago last October, although the}- have lost their flavor and 

 color. 



A Member : How about the San Jose scale ? 

 Mr. Cox : In one part of the orchard we have been 

 troubled some. 



A Member : Do you always use the cold storage ? 

 Mr. Cox : Sometimes, and sometimes we sell all the crop. 

 A Member: How much do you pay for storage? 

 Mr. Cox : Anywhere from 35 to 50 cents a barrel, de- 

 pending on the quantity stored, and the demand for storage 

 space. 



A Member: Here in Hartford they charge me 25 cents 

 a barrel a month. 



Mr. Cox : I belie^'e 10 cents per barrel per month is the 

 customary price. 



A Member: I have 1>een told 50 cents a season was the 

 price here in Hartford. 



A Member : Do you scrape off the loose bark from your 

 trees ? 



Mr. Cox : Since we have commenced ^praying the trees 

 don't have any loose bark. 



A Member: You had it at first, didn't you? 

 Mr. Cox: No, I didn't on young trees. The old trees 

 were dead and my new trees hadn't any loose bark on them ; 

 you don't find any moss on them either. 



A Member: Have you done any spraying with especial 

 reference to the San Jose scale ? 



Mr. Cox : Yes, several years we used crude petroleum ; 

 we got a little afraid of it and it was a little hard to get, so we 

 took to using lime and sulphur. 



A Member: Did you spray freely with lime and sulphur? 

 Mr. Cox : Yes, I don't suppose there was half a dozen 

 apples we had to tln-ow out on account of the scale, only a 

 very few at least. 



A Member : How old are your oldest trees ? 

 Mr. Cox : My uncle set the first trees in 1847 and a few 

 of them are alive now; those set in 1860, the Rome Beauties, 

 are about all dead, and from 1878 we have all ages from that 

 down, and plenty of them not bearing yet. 



