ANNUAL REPORT. l8l 



Dr. G. P. Clinton of the State Experiment Station fol- 

 lowed, speaking- on the same topic. 



The leading speaker of the day was Mr. George T. Pow- 

 ell of Ghent, N. Y., the well-known horticultural expert, whose 

 address was full of interest and instruction. He compli- 

 mented Mr. Lyman on his fine orchards and well-conducted 

 farm and went on to show that the soil of New England is not 

 in a depleted condition, but can be so handled as to produce 

 very profitable crops of fruit. 



With a vote of thanks to Brother Lyman and announce- 

 ments regarding future field meetings, the meeting adjourned 

 to allow time for further visits to various parts of the farm. 

 Among those present were a great many representative fruit 

 buyers and commission men from Boston, New York, Spring-- 

 field, Providence, Worcester, Hartford, New Haven and 

 Bridgeport, and considerable business was transacted between 

 the growers and buyers, a feature of the meeting worth much 

 to all concerned. 



Of Mr. Lyman's fruit growing, which is well illustrated 

 by the cuts shown on accompanying pages, it may be said that 

 the first start was made some twenty years ago, with a small 

 orchard of 500 peach trees. From that the business has 

 grown, year by year, until at the present time 350 acres are 

 devoted to peaches, and the crop for the coming year is esti- 

 mated at from 50,000 to 60,000 baskets. 



In all the twenty years of peach growing on this farm 

 there have been but four without a crop of fruit — a record al- 

 most unequalled in any other peach growing State, we believe. 



There is a twenty acre apple orchard just coming into 

 bearing. 



Mr. Lyman has mastered the details of peach culture step 

 by step, until now he is recognized as an expert in this line of 

 fruit growing. 



Excellent business management is shown in this branch of 

 his farm work, as in all the others, and while Mr. Lyman is 

 not given to boasting, without doubt the returns from his 

 large orchards have been extremely satisfactory. 



