19° THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



President Piatt called attention to the fact that Connecticut 

 had the record for the oldest and largest apple tree in the 

 country. 



Mr. Ives asked how to manage the cold storage of apples? 

 Mr. Hoyt advised cooperation through the grange or otherwise 

 and to locate the storage house near the railroad to facilitate 

 shipping. 



Continuing the cold storage question, Charles I. Allen of 

 Terryville gave his experience with a small storage house, or 

 "cooler" on his farm, where perishable products are stored 

 before shipping to market ; asparagus, berries and the like are 

 often successfully held over a day or two until the market is 

 ready for them. He explained the construction of such a house 

 cooled by ice and strongly recommended its use on fruit farms, 

 and where the grower desires to take advantage of the changes 

 in the markets. 



In the absence of Prof. Gulley, who was to have spoken on 

 the profits of orcharding, Mr. Paul Thomson of West Hartford 

 was asked to tell of his experience with the apple crop of the 

 past season. Mr. Thomson said his orchard is fifteen years 

 old, and last year bore a crop of very fine Baldwins. He tried 

 the plan of packing his fruit in boxes, wrapping each apple 

 in tissue paper — 120 apples to the box, — packed in layers, like 

 oranges. This method was quite satisfactory, his fruit netting 

 him at the rate of $4 per barrel; the boxes cost about 15 cents 

 each and should be made with a partition in the middle for 

 strength. His trees were sprayed twice with the prepared 

 "Boxall" mixture, once before the leaves opened and again 

 when the blossoms had fallen. He practices pruning his trees 

 in midsummer. 



Following this very interesting bit of "new apple culture," the 

 Society, on motion of Mr. Sternberg, passed a vote of thanks to 

 the Whigville Grange and the meeting closed with music. 



