Connecticut Pomological Society records, 1894-1992.

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Connecticut Pomological Society records, 1894-1992.

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Materials relating to the preparation of a video tape and two booklets about apple growing in Connecticut, as part of a grant to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Connecticut Pomological Society. The collection was assembled by Lucy McTeer Brusic, and most of the notes and and manuscripts in the collection are her notes pertaining to the completion of these various grant projects.

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library

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In February 1891, a group of peach growers under the leadership of the Secretary of Agriculture, Theodore S. Gold, met in the State Capitol to talk about the formation of a fruit society. John Smith of New Britain was elected president of the Society. J.H. Hale of South Glastonbury, the first commercial fruit grower in the country, was active in the society and began serving as president 1895. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, growers interplanted apples in peach orchards...