Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-01
MEMsERs RECEIVE
 CONVENTION PRoeRAMMEs
State Fruit and Vegetable Association
 to Meet in Annual Gathering.

Norwich members have received cop ies of the programme of the twenty sixth annual Fruit Growers eDnyen- ton of the Connecticut PcmologicaI Society and annual meeting Of Con- necticut Vegetable Growers Associa- tion to be held in Foot Guard hall, Hartford on February 6. ', s.
 The program of speakers has been arranged with much care and with a desire to meet the present day needs Of every grower.
 Those already arranged for are: Dr.
 Charles Brooks, Washington, D. G..
 Patho1ogist, United States Department of Agriculture; Mr- A. A. Conant,
 Apples Through Associated Effort;
 Prof. W. W. Chenoweth, Amherst,
 Mass Associate Professor of PomoI-
 osy. Massachusetts Agricultural Col
 lege. How to Utilize the Cheaper Grades of Fruit Profitably'; Prof S.
 B. Haskell. Baltimore, Md. Aerono- mist of the Nati9naI Soil Improvement. Committee. Maintaining the Fertility
 of the Soil for Fruit and Vegetable Crops; Mir. WiIfred Wheeler Boston
 Mass. Secretary Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, Results of the
 Massachusetts Apple Grading and Packing Law: MT. J. c. Hendriekson, Newport, N J., "Growing Tomatoes. Peppers. Egg-Plants and Other Truck Crops: E. H. Anderson, Buffalo, N.
 r., Agricultural Agent, New York Gen. tral Railroad Lines, tUp-to-Date Methods of Shipping and Marketing the Peach Crop; Prof. E. R. Lake,
 Washington. D. C., Secretary American Pomological Society, will act as judge of the fruit exhibit and also speak on Varieties for the Commercial Grow- Extension Professor of Entomology, Cornell University, Spraying the Ap- pie to Control Aphfs. Red Bug and Other Insects":- Prof. H. F Thomp- son. Amherst, Masss Professor of Veg setable Gardening, Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, Market Garden Crops in the Boston District and the History of a Successful City Market Managed by Growers; Dr. Ell Jen- kins, New Haven, Direcor Connecticut Experiment Stations, Further Obser- vation on Experiments in FertiIizing a Peach Orchard; Miss Flora Rose, Ithaca, N. Y. Department of Home Economics, New York State Agrfcul- tura1 College. "The Uses and Value of Fruits. and Vegetables in the Diet; Prof. 5Gs Sears. Amherst. Mass, Pomelogfst, Massachusetts Agricu1- turaI College My Observations on Trip Through the Fruit Growing Sec tions of the Far West and South ; There will be a series of minute discussions on Live Topic of Interest to Connecticut Fruit Growers by such well-known men as: c. A. Drew, Greenwich; Haarold NJ. Rogers, South ington; Norman H. Brnes, Yalesvil1e; c. L. Gold. West Cornwall; E. M Ives Meriden; Stancliff Hales, South GIas- tonbury; Charles G. Billings, Hazard ville
 Important reports will be made by Dr. w F. Britton, New Haven, State Entomologist, Injurious Insects and Their Effects on the Past Seasons Fruit Crops; Dr. c. P. Clinton, New Haven. Botanist. Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station, "A Report on Fungous Diseases in Connecticut the Past Year, A., T. Stevens, Connecti- cut Agricultural College New Fruits and Vegetables of Value; F. NJ Stod- dard, New Haven, Plans for Import ant Publicity Work for Connecticu. Fruit Interests; s. P. Hollister, Con- necticut Agricultural Colle<s Fruit Exhibitions of 1916-Results and Les sons"
 Additional features will include Cooking Denonstrations-Be way of preparing fruits and vegetables for the table will be shown each afternoon in the lower hall, by domestic science students from. the Connecticut Agri- cultural College and the Hartford and Meriden High schools. Prizes will be awarded for the most attractive and paiatable dishes and best planned meals, and the results will form part of the exhibits at the meeting The demonstrations will be in charge of the following committee: Miss Maud E. Hayes, Extension Department, Con- necticut Agricultural College and Miss Alice Know1ton, New Haven County Farm Bureau.