. Report of the Connecticut Pomological Society. le to work close to the trees without injury tothem, but where the ground was grassy and filled withmuch rubbish it did not work as well. Cost about $12. Q. What fertilizers do our Connecticut apple andpeach orchards stand in most need of? ii8 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A. President Hale: Cultivation. Q. After all the necessary cultivation, what other fer-tilizer do they need? A. President Hale: Bone and wood ashes, or boneand sulphate of potash. A. Mr. Barnes: Acid phosphate and muriate ofpotash. Question: Can red raspberries be grown
. Report of the Connecticut Pomological Society. le to work close to the trees without injury tothem, but where the ground was grassy and filled withmuch rubbish it did not work as well. Cost about $12. Q. What fertilizers do our Connecticut apple andpeach orchards stand in most need of? ii8 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A. President Hale: Cultivation. Q. After all the necessary cultivation, what other fer-tilizer do they need? A. President Hale: Bone and wood ashes, or boneand sulphate of potash. A. Mr. Barnes: Acid phosphate and muriate ofpotash. Question: Can red raspberries be grown profitably onany but clay soil? A. Mr. Sternberg: I have grown red raspberries fortwenty years or more, but never on clay soil, and had goodsuccess with them. My soil is a loam and some a gravellyloam. Have had best success with the Cuthbert. Q. When is ttie best time to plow under crimson orscarlet clover, rye and other green manure crops? A. Very early in the spring in orchards, but in openfields it would depend upon what crop was to NINTH ANNUAL MEETING. ^ EXHBITS. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE,Your committee finds a larger showing of fruits on theexhibition tables than at any previous meeting, and theexhibits are generally in fine condition. Of special interest is the collection of apples from theEastern New York Society, including about twelve varie-ties grown by W. W. Hart of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Northern Spy, Babbett, Shackleford, Ben Davis, Gano andother new sorts are comprised, all splendid samples. A plate of Red Canada apples is shown by S. A. Gris-wold of West Hartford, Conn. E. C. Warner, North Haven, shows, besides thestandard kinds, Vandevere, Fallawater and Fall Pippinapples. Abner Trask, Silver Lane, Greenings and the Caseapple, the latter not familiar to the committee. E. M. Ives, Meriden, exhibits a long list of apples,embracing Carter, Westfield and Fallawater. Also, a plateof the Sutton Beauty apple, grown by Geo. T. Powell inNew York State. Ri
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