1 88 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Most of tlie visitors came by trolley, via Hartford, spe- 

 cial cars being' run to accommodate the crowd. 



On arrival, the guests were met and welcomed by Super- 

 intendent Cook and then turned loose to roam over the farm 

 and study its various interesting features. 



The Pope estate is beautifully located on the hills over- 

 looking Farmington, comprises some 300 acres, is finely laid 

 out and well worth visiting, as an example of a well-appoint- 

 ed and up-to-date country place. 



There are apple orchards, extensive fruit and vegetable 

 gardens, greenhouses, a peach orchard (trees reclaimed by 

 careful pruning and cultivation), rose gardens, a sunken gar- 

 den, splendid dairy of registered Guernseys and including a 

 modern equipment of dairy buildings, silos, etc., flock of thor- 

 oughbred sheep, swine, etc., etc. 



Electric power is utilized for many purposes on the farm. 

 The grounds contain many fine trees, both fruit and shades- 

 many of which have been transplanted at full size from long 

 distances. 



Everv one of the visitors found something to see and 

 admire and study with pleasure and .profit. Even the ladies, 

 who were present in very large numbers, were interested in 

 the fiower gardens and greenhouse, the buildings, lawns and 

 the appointments of the Pope mansion, where they were cor- 

 dially received and made to feel at home by Miss Theodate 

 Pope, daughter of the owner. 



Perhaps the crowning feature of the day's pleasure was 

 the bountiful dinner, served on the lawn under the shade of 

 the beautiful elms. Fully 500 were fed, and after lunch the 

 company lingered about the tables for a brief period of infor- 

 mal speaking. 



President J. H. Putnam of the Pomological Society pre- 

 sided, and the first speaker was Mr. A. B. Cook, superinten- 

 dent of the farm, who welcomed the visitors, in the absence 

 of Mr. Pope, and expressed for Miss Pope her pleasure in 

 seeing so many present. Mr. Cook told of the history of the 

 development of the estate, which has been remarkable in the 

 nine short years of its existence. Dairying, hay, fruit, and 



