ioo THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Second Day— Morning Session, Wednesday, Feb. 5. 



The meeting was called to order at 9.30 a. m., President N. S. 

 Piatt in the chair. 



The President : Now if you will please come to order, we 

 will, according to our plan, begin with some of our exercises. 

 We have some papers left over from yesterday and a lot of 

 questions, and we have some short essays or speeches from some 

 of the members of our own Society that must come in to-day. 



You will be gratified to know that the Secretary says that 

 he took in yesterday over $100 for membership fees. I suppose 

 they were largely renewals, and we hope there will be much 

 more taken in to-day. 



The day will be full of interesting matters to us all, and even 

 if we did not have anything on the programme we would be 

 able to take up the time fully with questions about what we 

 want to find out from our own people, and the people who 

 are here. 



[At this point Vice-President E. M. Ives was called to the 

 chair.] 



A Member: I would like to inquire whether Mr. Putnam 

 has had good success in using arsenate of lead as an insecticide ? 



Mr. Putnam : I used this in connection with spraying. I 

 have used it even on gooseberries. It is not really arsenate of 

 lead. It is a preparation put up in a finely concentrated form. 

 I use it on potato bugs sometimes. I always use a pound of 

 lime with the mixture in spraying for potato bugs. It was 

 not very satisfactory, but I think this form of arsenate is a 

 very good form in which to use it. I have used it on currants 

 as well as gooseberries. It was used with very satisfactory 

 results in those cases. 



Mr. Innis: In accordance with our usual custom, Mr. Presi- 

 dent, would it not be wise at this time to appoint a committee 

 on nominations for officers for the coming year ^ 



The President (Mr. Ives) : I should prefer that the nomi- 

 nating committee be appointed by the regular chairman. 



Mr. Innis: I think it has been the custom, Mr. President, 

 for such committee to be appointed by the President. 



A Member: My idea of it is, Mr. President, that it would 

 be a good idea to make these nominations from the fioor. 



