Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-20
PLANT NEW PEACH AND
APPLE ORCHARDS Is ADNIC

Planting new peach orchards to
take the place OF the orchards extern
siVely injured the past two winters
was recommended by President Walter
II. Baldwin Of Cheshire and Secretary
Ii. c. c. Miles OF Milford in their re-
ports on Tuesday at the twenty eighth
annual meeting OF the Connecticut
genealogical society at Unity han in
Hartford. The planting OF apple or
rnards was also urged by the two Of
ficers.
President Baldwin said fruit grow
ers were intensely interested in the
problem of reconstruction. With the
war ended there would be an in
creased demand for fruit and if the
growers did not want to lose their
Connecticut markets there must he
forethought and much replant1ng.
Treasurer Mirror Ives Of Meriden
reported the financial condition of the
society. Balance from last year,
$292.74; annual memberships, STZ2:
state appropriation (in part, $11G4 %: :
! sale Of fruit, S4S5.63; total, $3.621O6.
| Expenditures, $3,61o.64: balance $40
| A. The invested funds total 1925. 90.
In his report on injurious insects,
| DR.. William E. Britton Of New Ha-
| ven, chairman OF the standing COM
faittee, said that following the severe
/
peach and apple trees in the state. the
season of 1918 opened early and there
was a fairly good prospect for set
OIL fruit. The prospects did not gen
orally materialze. Many bees, espec-
| tally honey bees, We're killed and the
| low temperature at blossom time and
| the absence of the bees did much to
lessen the set of fruit.
The brown tail moth has almost en-
tirely disappeared, said the report
! Progress had been made against the
/ gypsy moth and the conditions in the
towns worst infested were letter thar
d year ago. The present infested ares
included twenty nine towns and con-
tains 964 square miles. The appro-
priatiOn had never been sufficient t.
scout the area properly and an ap.
preparation of $4,000 to carry on the
work the coming two years is beine
asked for.
During the season just closed sew.
enty three shipments, containing s.
cases and S39,035 plants of imported
nursery stock were inspected IN Con
necticut. In the inspection nurseries
the oyster shell scale was the mos
prevalent insect pest found, and tn,
San Jose scale now occupies a rela
lively unimportant position
Reporting for the committee on frui
diseases, DR.. George P. Clinton of New
Haven, chairman Of the committee
said that fruit trees and vines did no
suffer as much in 1918 as in the ave
rage year. This was largely due t.
the severe winter of I917-191S wbicl
) practically destroyed all of the peacl
and many of the apple fruit buds S
| that there were no peaches and com
paratively few apples, upon which or
} dinarily appeared some of the mos
common and destructive fungou
pests. The extreme and continues
cold had also marked i'll effect O.
many of the ornamental trees an
shrubs, among which Were Californi
privet, box and evergreens
At the session in the afternoon tn
following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Walter H. Baldwin, Cheshire
; vice president Alva T. Steven,
Storrs; secretary, H. c. c. Miles, Mil
: ford: treasurer, Harold VI. Roger.
Southington; county vice president.
l Hartford county, Lewis c. Root. Far
mington: New Haven A N Farnhan
Westville; Fairfield, ?. G. Sexton. Da
! rien; Litchfeld, II. G. Hauock, Wash
! irgton Depot; New London, F. v
! Browning, New London: Mfddlese7
: E. D. Watrous. Middlefeld; Windhan
! DR.. G. P. PearIy, Woodstock; Tollan
f c. H. Savage. Storrs.