230 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



to allow some of the visitors to make the trip to Whigville and 

 inspect the strawberry fields there. About 175 were present 

 during the day and all were loud in their praise of the excellence 

 of Fern Hill Farm. 



The above cut shows one corner of the berry exhibit, which 

 was a notable feature of the strawberry meeting at Air. Man- 

 chester's. The fruit shown was of a high grade, several new 

 kinds attracting not a little attention. 



Those who exhibited were : J. W. Lord, Warehouse Point, 

 who showed the ^Marshall and also a new seedling called "Con- 

 necticut," a very promising variety, dark in color, extra good 

 size and superb flavor. 



H. P. Lowery, Whigville, 6 varieties, including Tennessee, 

 Nick Ohmer, Haverland, Sample and Success, the latter a new 

 berry that originated in Whigville and has succeeded well 

 wherever tried. It is an early sort, large and productive. 



A. J. Hannah, Whigville, also exhibited the Success and the 

 Cardinal, another new variety. 



Manchester Bros, showed Lovett, Brandywine, Success and 

 Tennessee — all fine specimens. 



Thos. Callahan, Newington, had Tennessee, and Orrin Gilbert 

 showed a seedling berry not yet named. 



FIELD MEETING AT WEST HAVEN. 



J}ily _^o, 100 1. 



President N. S. Piatt invited the memliers of the Society with 

 their friends to visit his large peach orchard at "Shingle Hill," 

 West Haven, and on July 30 this was made the occasion of the 

 second summer meeting. Headquarters for the day were at 

 Waverly Grove, a pleasant spot overlooking Long Island Sound, 

 and barely a mile distant from the orchards. The morning being 

 somewhat cloudy and threatening deterred a good many from 

 attending, but about 150 interested fruit growers met at the grove, 

 whence they were taken in busses to inspect the orchard. Most 

 of the forenoon was thus very profitably spent in studying the 

 conditions and the methods followed by ]\Ir. Piatt in his 

 orcharding and especially in noting the behaviour of several 

 new extra early varieties of peaches, now fruiting in this section 



