10 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Meetings. 



Since February 1, 1907, the society has held an annual 

 meeting of two days, four summer, field meetings, the annual 

 exhibition in September, and seven institutes during the winter 

 and spring of 1907. Our series of field meetings last summer 

 were very successful and will long be remembered as among 

 the best we have ever held. Beginning July 2d, we were 

 invited by our worthy president, Mr. Putnam, to visit Fern- 

 wood Farm in Litchfield, the beautiful estate of Mrs. God- 

 dard, and a most enjoyable day was spent by about 150 of 

 our members, viewing the orchards and gardens, the exten- 

 sive forest, and the flocks and herds on this well-conducted 

 estate of nearly 500 acres. Again, on August 7th, the Society 

 was so fortunate as to be invited to arrange a field day on 

 another of Connecticut's many fine country estates, this time 

 at the Pope Place in Farmington, of which our fellow-member,. 

 Mr. A. B. Cook, is superintendent. This meeting, which 

 included the Dairymen's association and farmers generally, 

 was probably the largest out-door, gathering of farmers held 

 in the State in many years. Fully 500 were present to enjoy 

 the fine hospitality tendered by Miss Pope and profit by a 

 study of the unique features of this model farm and country 

 home. On September 3d, the Society joined with the dairy- 

 men in a visit to the farm of Andrew Kingsbury & Son at 

 Coventry, where, in spite of the unfavorable weather, a suc- 

 cessful meeting was held. The field meeting season was 

 brought to a close with a splendid gathering on the fruit farm 

 of Brother J. H. Hale in Glastonbury, September 17th. Like 

 all the meetings at Hale's, this was full of novel, enjoyable 

 and instructive features, and the large number present felt 

 well repaid for the visit. The main object of the meeting 

 was to inspect Mr. Hale's new orchards, planted on what was 

 but recently some of the roughest land in the .State, and the 

 marvelous results shown were a surprise, an incentive, and an 

 object lesson to us all. 



