The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-03
CON NECTlCUT IS SUPPLYING EAST
 WITH PEACHES
Local Cold Storage for Apples
 Advocated at Meeting.

Hartford, Feb. 3-The abundance of
 the peach crop last fall and assertion
 that there was a wider distribution of Connecticut peachers than was ever
 known before were two interesting
 themes included in the address of
 President J. Norris Barnes at the 2Srd
 annual meeting of the Connecticut
 Pomqlogieal Society in Footguard hall today. He went to say that not only was all New England supplied but neighboring states as well as
 Florida It was also reported that
 there had been an excellent apple crop. Local cold storage for apples was ad-
 vocated in order that Connecticut may
 compete with other sections of the country in placing the fruit on4 the market late.
 The second annual meeting of the i Connecticut Vegetable Growers As sociation is being held in connection With the fruit growers There is also a display of vegetables that would do credit to a. big country fair A novel feature of the three days meeting is a demonstration of apples cooked in 50 different ways.
 i The morning session opened at 10: 30 with President V. Barnes presiding and he submitted his annual address. ! This was followed by reports of the Secretary, A. c. Miles; Treasurer, A. B. Cook and Of the standing commit- tees on membership by J. Putnam, on legislation by c. l.. Gold, on exhfbi- tions by L. c. Rom. on markets and transportation by c. E. Lyman, on new freights by Prof. Stevens and publicity by E. D. Curtis. Prof.-~SS.
 D. Jarvis, of the Connecticut Agricul- tural College, reported on demonstra- tion of orchard work during the year. There were s5 questions in the "Question-box" and a discussion of
 some of them was held by J. H. Hale, i of Glastonbury.
 Secretary Miles reported the mem bership of the society to be 963. Tn 1913 there were 119 names added. There were five deaths and seven members were dropped Only one other New
 England state has a society anywhere near so large. The secretary recom- .mended that, at least, once a year there be held in every county a meet ing devoted entirely to the discussion of fruit culture
 At the afternoon session pr. W. E.
 Britton, state entomologist, of New Haven, submitted a report and gave an address on Insects Injurious to
 Fruits and Latest Methods for Their
 Control" He said that the most no- i ticeable insect ravages during the year
 were those of the tent-caterpillar. The
 brown-taiI moth is gradually spread ing toward the southwest and will
 cover the state in a few years. It has
 now reached Granby and West Hart
 4O4 u ndS fcCCAt4y D0SA @Q1SCOV0Te0
 on Fishers. Island. A The gypsy motA
 has been all but externnirated An
 other pest likely to soon appear in
 Connecticut is the pear thrips former
 ly known only the Pacific coast. It
 attacks opening buds causing them
 to blast The San Jose scale does not
 seem to be gaining. He said that all florists and nursery stock imported
 into Connecticut is to be inspected on
 arrival.
 Prof. G. Clinton. of the Connecticut
 Experiment Station in New Haven, gave a report on -Fungous Diseases" It waslo of a technical character. He spoke of the importance of winter
 weather conditions tn relation to the
 next seasons fruit crop.
 pr. E. H. Jenkins, director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, gave an outline of the results l of recent experimental work in Con necticut orchards. G. H. Vroonn of MiddIetown, Nova Scotia government
 fruit inspector, spoke on t"The Coop erative Handling, Storing and Market
 ing of Apples in the Annapolis VaI- | 1ey.''