The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-05

ment of wood and fruit. Leaves are
the lungs of trees and are OF as vital
Importance as are lungs to human be-
ings, Imperfect and scanty foliage, re-
sulting from starvation and disease,
has been the bugbear of Connecticut
apple growing
Mr.. T. S. Gold gave some interesting
horticultural "reminiscences. He said
that his memory carried him back up
wards of eighty years. as he could re-
member his grandmother giving him
some apples and she died when he was
1-2 years of age. In those days,
scarcity of apples was unknown in
New England.
Mr.. Colds earliest recollection of Gull
tivated strawberries was seeing old
President Day of Yale college working
in his strawberry garden near the coll
lege. Strawberries We're not mark
eted in New Haven until 1885 Toma
toes were introduced from France un-
der the name of love apples but it was
several years before people would eat
them.
George f. Platt of Milford read a
paper on Apple Possibilities in Con-
necticut." He gave the history of an
orchard which he had planted on his
| farm in Milford just after the war. He
said that experience had taught him
| that each tree should have 1900
square feet to itself, in good fertile
land. The fertihzing of the land had
had good results. When the orchard is
used as pasture land the trees will not
bear well. Mr.. Platt said that Connec-
ticut is in the apple belt.
THE SOCIETY WORK FOR THE
Year
The report of the secretary, Mr..
Miles, showed that the total gain in
membership for the yea was "A. The
present number of members is 151.
Since the organization seven years ago
there have been 210 names on the mem
bership role. Mr. Miles thinks there is
no reason why the permanent member
ship should not be $50. The strength
of the membership at the present time
is in Hartford county, which has SO on
the roll. New Haven county comes
next with 80 members. The secretary
have received and paid over to the
treasurer $751; The expenses of his Of
flee for the past year amounted to S12,-
So. During the past year four meetings
were held including the annual two
days meeting in this city. One was
held at Vernon Center under the au
spices of Vernon grange. There was
also a meeting at the fruit farm of ]
H. Hale, president Of the association
June Is, being a red letter day in the
history of the society. The fourth
meeting of the year was held at the
fruit farm of Messrs. Butler and Jewel
in Cromwell August H. The secretar.
thinks that a state appropriation
should be had, owing to the value ant
Importance of the society's work
Steps should be taken, he says, to pres:
the demands of the state pomologists
on the attention of the next legislature
Much useful information with regard
to injurious insects and diseases, thu
condition of fruit crops and market
might be gathered and circulated wer
the necessary funds available. This i
prominent feature Of work in othe
states.
There is but one woman in the stat
who belongs to the society, Mrs
George w. Smith of Wethersfield en-
joys that honor. But it is not probabl
that it will belong to her exclusively
after the present meeting, as pro
ject will probably be carried through
making the Pomona of each subordin
ate grange in the state member TIL
Pomona of the grange has great dea
to do with regard to fruit interest
; and it is thought to be eminentl
proper that the woman holding this of
flee in the grange should be an honor
airy member of the society at leas'
There will also be larger list tina
usual of male honorary members.
Pill-Age.