The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-08-29
4 PLEASANT FIELD MEET
HELD BY 0NNECTICUT PONOLOGI-
GAL SOCIETY YESTERDAY.
A visit to the Agricultural Experiment
Station Preceded the Outing ut At
water Erothe,,a Extensive Farm -Th
Day WASH Most Enjoyable One.


The regular monthly field meeting of
the Connecticut Pathological society
was held yesterday and was attended
by nearly one hundred prominent gar
den product and fruit growers from all
over the state,
The field meeting yesterday was a
very successful one from all stand
points and it proved of especial interest
as the members were shown around the
grounds and buildings of the Connecti-
cut Agricultural experiment station on
Huntington street.
The pomologlsts arrived at the ex-
pertinent station about 10 o'clock and
DR.. Jenkins and other members of the
staff escorted them over the extensive
grounds and made them acquainted
with the large number of agricultural
experiments that are now being under
gone at the station.
The invitation to the society was
given by DR.. jenkins, the director of
the experiment station, and he took
great pleasure in seeing that the mem
bers were well treated. The pomolo-
gists spent considerable time in the
fruit and vegetable garden, the extern
sive greenhouses and laboratories and
were greatly interested in each.
About noon the gentlemen sat down
to lunch under the delightful trees that
surround DR.. Jenkins home and par
took of most enjoyable spread on the
basket picnic plan. Sandwiches, cake,
and all kinds Of fruit were included in
the menu.
After lunch some of the more promi-
nent growers made a few remarks on
different subjects of interest to the po-
mologists. The speeches were entirely
informal and proved most instructive
and interesting to all. j. Fl. Hale, the
great peach grower of South Glaston-
bury, Mr.. Butler of Butler & Jewell, the
fruit growers of Cornwgall, George
Plat of Milford, Professor Gulley of the
Connecticut Agricultural college and
DR.. Jenkins We're the speakers. DR..
Jenkins spoke Interestingly on some
agricultural experiments and explained
them to the members of the society.
Mr.. Patterson, the master of the State
grange, H. H. c. Miles of Milford the
secretary of the Pathological society,
II. M. Potter, the vegetable grower of
Montowese, Mr. Atwater of Atwater
Bros, o. H. Stannard A. H. Farnham
of Westville and F.4C. Andrews and
Professor Phelps We're among those
present not already mentioned. al
About 80 the members of the society
after giving Dr.. Jenkins hearty vote
of thanks for the pleasant way in which
they were treated left the experiment
station and boarded cars at Cedar Hill
and We're taken to the well known farm
of Atwater Brothers, who are consid-
cred among tie most extensive market
gardeners in the state, This beautiful
farm is located at the extreme end Of
State street, No. 1925, and includes a
hundred acres of all kinds of market
products,
Vegetables are, of course, the great
products on the Atwater farm and the
ones that come of this farm are to be
found all owe" the state. The large
party of pomologists shortly after they
arrived at the Atwater farm were
shown about the pace in carriages and
ing the many objects of interest there
After the members saw all that there
was at Mr.. Atwater's larger farm they
We're taken to the upper farm some lit
tie distance from the main farm, They
from the visit to the Atwater
farm about o'clock yesterday after
noon and proclaimed 1t to be one of the
most ENJOYABLE field meets of the wear