I2(i THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAE SOCIETY. 



weather in December and January and the extreme cold of 

 two weeks ago practically killed all the buds. I know of no 

 one in the town who has been able to find a single live bud. 

 Unquestionably there are some little dried up buds on some 

 hardy varieties that will mature. I presume that Glastonbury 

 will lia\e enough for eating purposes but none for the market, 

 a few hundred or a few thousand baskets perhaps. 



Mr. Root of Farmington : An examination of both our 

 high and low situated orchards shows not a live bud, and as 

 far as I know we have none. 



Mr. W^vrner of North Ha\'en : As far as I know pretty 

 much all of our peach crop is killed. Perhaps a few on high 

 ground have survived. 



Mr. Waller of Bridgeport : I examined the buds in my 

 orchard about ten days ago and I think I have about 50 per 

 cent, live buds on three years old Elbertas. 



Mr. Coleman of Seymour : I examined my trees the day 

 after the freeze, the 24th of January, and I thought 95 per cent, 

 were alive, but I find I was mistaken and after a thorough 

 examination have to report the same as the other growers. 

 The word is dead, dead, dead ! 



Mr. Barnes of Wallingford : My examination of the 

 trees would indicate that the Elbertas on the older trees are all 

 gone, while with such varieties as the Champion, Old Mixon 

 and the New Prolific there are probabh' 25 per cent, alive, both 

 on young and old trees. I made an examination after the 

 temperature had changed, so I feel pretty sure about it. 



Mr. Jackson of Norwalk : I think our county, Fairfield, 

 is a little better off that some of the others. Last Saturday I 

 cut buds and found from 50 to 60 per cent, of the Crawfords 

 alive. 



Mr. Platt of New Haven: I have a few Crawfords 

 within a mile of the town of Orange. I examined them four 

 days after the worst freeze and found 20 per cent, still green. 



Connecticut Valley Orchard Company of Berlin : We 

 can find just a few live buds on the Belle of Georgia and Cham- 

 pions and not a live one on the Elbertas. I consider most of 

 the buds are gone. 



Professor Gulley, Storrs : There are no live buds worth 



