160 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A Ik. U. T. Cox, President, Ohio State Horticultural So- 

 ciety : This is my first trip to this part of the country and I 

 am glad to be here, Ijecause ni}- great grandmother was burn 

 here in 1799. It is hilly country where I live; I think possiblv 

 _\(>u ha\e l)etter land here than \\& have, but our hills contain 

 something }-ou have not — we are in the coal region, also the 

 iron region; there are plenty of people about us and we have 

 good markets for our products; there is a good li\-ing to be 

 made by any person wdio has the necessary pluck and energy to 

 get ahead. On our hills the people who have learned to do 

 the l)usiness properh-^ have quit cultivating the land and ha\e 

 commenced to mulch. It is the proper thing to do ; you can't 

 culti\ate the hills ; if you do they will all wash away. \\'e take 

 pride in being a pretty thrift}^ community and in raising good 

 ai)ples. I am satisfied that the man wdio will study the con- 

 ditions and stay by the farm will have better success in the 

 future than he has had in the past. 



Mr. Horace Roberts of New' Jersey, President. State 

 Horticultural Society : In New^ Jersey the conditions are 

 somewhat dissimilar to those of Connecticut, but only partly 

 so. The northern part of our State corresponds with Con- 

 necticut, and is hilly ; the southern part is more adaptetl to 

 market gardening. When we have our meetings in Trenton 

 we ha^•e practically two countries exhibiting products. The 

 northern part of the State favors one kind of culture and fruit, 

 the southern portion favors another kind entirely, and we each 

 of us sa}- our way is the best, and it is for our particular locali- 

 ties. I am from the southern portion of the State and our 

 conditions are very different from yours. \W had San Jose 

 Scale first. Wt sent specimens to Washington and were told 

 by the authorities there that it was insignificant and would not 

 amount to anvthing: later on they sent for other specimens and 

 tlien told us what it was. but it was too late, as it had spread 

 through New Jersey. No one could tell us wdiat to do and we 

 had to feel our way. Our loss was tremendous, the peach 

 industry of New Jersey simply went out of existence. N<^w 

 we are starting again and feel that we can control the enemy 

 and it will not be man\' vears now before you will again hear 

 of New Jersey peaches, ^^'e have used all methods of fighting 



