ANNUAL REPORT. 177 



At the suggestion of the Society's Committee on Markets and 

 Transportation, the Business Session will be held at 11 a. m., when it 

 is hoped that every Peach Grower in the State will be on hand to 

 report the condition and give estimates of the coming Peach Crop, in 

 order that proper arrangements can be made for shipping and mar- 

 keting the crop to the best advantage. 



Let every Fruit Grower, especially interested in the 1908 Peach 

 Crop, be present to give as complete figures as possible. 



At 1 o'clock, lunch at the hall, strictly on the basket plan. Be 

 sure and bring your lunch ! Lemonade will be furnished by the Society. 



The afternoon will be devoted to a trip to the orchards, berry fields 

 and nurseries of Barnes Bros, and possibly other nearby fruit farms, 

 going by busses, for which a small fare will be charged. 



All interested in such a meeting are urged to attend and help make 

 it a success. It will pay every Peach Grower to make a special effort 

 to come. 



This meeting- was not largely attended, but .those pres- 

 ent included all the leading peach growers of the State, and 

 the object for which the meeting was called was, therefore, 

 attained. 



The growers met in the Wallingford town hall and got 

 down to business at 11 a. m., with President Gold in the chair. 

 Each grower present was invited to give a statement of his 

 peach crop and the probable yield' of his orchards in baskets 

 of fruit. Everyone responded more or less at length, and in- 

 cidentally some interesting and valuable points were brought 

 out regarding fruit crop conditions throughout the State. 



The peach crop was found to be a full one, from 80 to 

 100 per cent, being the estimate of most growers. Some or- 

 chards, however, were showing weakness in the trees, due to 

 various causes more or less uncertain, the drouth of 1907, 

 winter injury, the scale and a somewhat extended outbreak 

 of the yellows being given as the most apparent causes. 



The outlook for apples was not so encouraging, and a 

 light crop was the forecast of those present. While the apple 

 bloom had been heavy, but a small percentage of fruit set and 

 a crop of not over 25 per cent, would be the result. 



Plans for obtaining a more complete census of crop fig- 

 ures were discussed, and it was voted to instruct the Secre- 



