172 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



or $2,000, so that the entire sum is kept and is used for these 

 specific objects. 



The following resolutions were ottered by J. H. Hale : 



Whereas, the Connecticut Pomological Society has been 

 greatly interested and instructed by the address of ' Prof. G. 

 Harold Powell before this meeting, in relation to the cold storage 

 of fruits, also in the careful experiments now being conducted 

 by the United States Department of Agriculture on that line 

 with our leading commercial fruits, and 



Whereas, these cold storage experiments, and also investiga- 

 tions in the development of foreign markets for American fruits 

 now being carried on by the Department of Agriculture, promise 

 to be of great commercial value to all our fruit interests, and 

 further accurate information along these lines will be awaited 

 by Connecticut fruit growers with deepest interest ; therefore 

 be it 



Resolved, that the Connecticut Pomological Society would 

 express its grateful appreciation of this valuable work, and 

 would urge upon Secretary Wilson the importance of continu- 

 ing this work on even broader lines than already attempted, 

 believing as we do, that the few thousand of dollars so intel- 

 ligently expended will, in a few years, be worth millions to the 

 fruit growing interests of this great country. 



Mr. Hale : Mr. President : I do say, with a full appreciation 

 of its importance, that it is a grand work that they have just 

 started, but it's just under way, and the Committee of Congress 

 are always a little shy about taking hold of any new thing. 

 They may think it's poor policy, but it's really a matter of vital 

 interest to us fruit growers. The information wdiich was given 

 to us by Prof. Powell has stimulated us wonderfully along 

 cold storage lines, and it was just what w^e needed. It's getting 

 at the very foundation of the thing. And think w'hat a work 

 Prof. Taylor has been doing in opening up foreign markets, and 

 in connection with the steamship companies, finding out what 

 they can do. By and by when the steamship companies learn 

 that the expansion of this export fruit trade is going to be a 

 valuable thing for them, they will give us space. I trust that 

 this resolution will pass, and that the Secretary will see that 

 copies are sent to Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and another copy to the Chairman of the Agricultural 



