1 6 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



printed in our report it will tend to increase our membership. 

 It is mutual interest that we are working for. That is what we 

 are here for, and it is just such work as that which will tend 

 to make the Society a success. 



The President : The next in order is the report of the 

 Committee on "New Fruits." Mr. F. L. Perry of Bridgeport, 

 Chairman. 



Mr. Perry: Mr. President, and Ladies and Gentlemen: In 

 response to the call of our Secretary, Mr. Miles, I have prepared 

 this short report for the Committee on "New Fruits." I shall 

 call your attention to, and try to speak of, just what I know 

 about myself. When you stop and think of how many there are, 

 you will see that I cannot do more. 



New fruits, and the facts concerning their value as adapted 

 for our climate and soil, is the subject open for discussion. If 

 we happily find in our experiments one new variety that gives 

 promise of satisfactory, paying results, we are well paid for 

 whatever time or expense we may have been to, aside from the 

 pleasure we have derived in this exceedingly interesting and 

 fascinating employment. 



My personal experience during the last three years has been 

 principally with new plum creations. A hobby, maybe, but 

 at the same time stimulated by the larger money value derived 

 per acre from this fruit, and in less time, than from any other 

 variety of fruit-bearing trees I have grown. We all know the 

 "Abundance," "Burbank," "Red June," "Satsuma," and 

 "Chabot" as market values. Have we anything better? I have 

 invested in the last few years, $3, $5 and $10 per foot for graft- 

 ing wood of Burbank's new creations, cross-bred. Oriental and 

 American varieties of plums. 



The "America" is a cross between the "Abundance" and 

 "Robinson." A healthy grower, and very hardy. It has not 

 fruited yet with me. It is represented as a glossy, coral-red, 

 flesh yellow, and very delicious, but as it is from the same family 

 as "Gold," and "Juicy," I cannot put much faith in it. 



The "Apple Plum" comes next in alphabetical order. This 

 is a strong grower, inclined to be flat-headed like the "Bur- 

 bank," and equally productive. It is larger, however, and not 

 so liable to rot before it is ripe. It falls as soon as ripe. A 

 fairly good keeper, and is a little later than the "Burbank." 



