Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-11-07
Peach Culture.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PENINSULA FRUIT GROW
ERs AssocIATIoN.--A meeting OF this Association
was held yesterday at Dover, John L. Cochran
In the Chair, md j. A. Fulton, Secretary. The
minutes of the preceding meeting were read and
approved. The committee appointed to prepare
a Constitution and regulations for the govern
ment of the Association, presented report pro-
vIding for the Organization of q Fruit Growers
Association, comprising persons interested In the
growing of fruit In the Peninsula, south Of the
Brandywine Creek, and east of the Chesapeake
Bay and Susquehanna River.
The Constitution provides that each person be-
coming member shall pay an initiation fee of
$500, and $500 annually ut each stated meeting
in October. Meetings to be held three times a
year at Dover, on the first Tuesday Of February,
June and October, and adjourned meetings
whenever. necessary. at any place within the
A President, two Vice Presidents, Secretary
and Treasurer, q Fruit Committee to ascertain
the best variety and kinds of fruit adapted to the
soil and climate of the Peninsula, a committee on
consignments and sales to protect the fruit grow
ers from the imposition of dishonest commission
merchants, to report and recommend honest and
responsible persons to whom fruit may be con-
signed, are some Of the officers.
''There shall be q committee of members ap-
"pointed, whose duty II shall be LIST, To ascer-
" tain the legal status OF the Delaware r. r. Co.,
"what rights it enjoys under its charter, and
whether or not 1t has forfeited the same I'd,
" By what title the 2. w. and b. X. X. Co. hold
:" the said Delaware r. R.. and whether or not the
"last mentioned company has violated Its con-
tract with the same and the sovereign right of
"the State of Delaware, and What Legislation, II
"any, Is necessary and proper TO protect the peo-
tplc from the impositions, extorlions, and other
"oppressons of said company; Sd, And inquire
"what If any legal steps should be taken for the
"purposes aforesaid" Manlove Hayes and Geo.
VI. Cummins objected TO the above article. 1t
provides also for an Elk. Committee consisting
Of members from Kent County, each from
New Castle and Sussex Counties in Delaware,
and one from each Of the remaining Counties on
the Peninsula, belonging to Maryland and Vir-
ginia, to collect and disseminate Information re-
lutye to the fruit growing interests of the PENN
sula, and to have II general oversight oil all mat
| tiers pertaining to the Association.
| Also IN Improvement committee to inquire in
| to and sec what improvements are required tt
further the fruit growing interests of the PENN
| sula.
| The foregoing is IN outline of the Constitution
| and the aim of the Association. After the adop
| ton of the Constitution, large number o.
persons attached their names to IL the following
| officers were elected. President, John Z. Coch
ran, of New Castle County; Vice Presidents, DIR
| Henry Ridgely and Gen. A. T.. A. Torbert, o.
Kent county; Secretary, j. A. Fulton, ESQ.,, o.
| Kent county; Treasurer, George Paris, OF Ken
county.
| Charles Brown then offered the iollowing:-
RESOLVED, That committee be appointed by thu
President TO inquire into the propricy of adopting
| u 6ldDuuTu lUT luC hlZc ulncnnlOl vi pCuCi
| baskets and crates, 10 be used In transporting
peaches to market, by the members Of this associ
alton.
Resolred, That the Executive committee be in
structed to inquire into the proprety OF adopting
etIcctual measures to insure the safety and speed,
return of all baskets and crates used in the trans
portation of fruit to market
| Res0iped, That committee OF one membe
residing near each of the railroad stations an,
each OF the shipping landings within the bound o
hxrf
procure the names OF all fruit growers in their Vi
cinity who desire to become members of this as
ISOLATION, to be signed to the constitution and for
warded to the Secretary for enrolment, and tina
the Secretary be instructed to present each one q
them copy of the constitution. The above res
olutions were adopted.
DIR. Henry Ridgely offered the following:--.
Resoiped, That in view of the odious and unjus
distinctions made against fruit us an article G
freight on the different railroads leading TO tn
cities of New York and Philadelphia; II is tn
duty of the fruit growers of this peninsula 10
their own protection, in case satisfactory term
cannot be made with these ralroad companies
to aid In the construction Of canals and side line
from the Delaware railroad TO the Delaware Rive
and Bay SO that thereby they can give ample Gu
couragement to efficient lines OF steamers to tll
above named cities. 1t was referred to the ext
cutive committee.
On motion of Rev. Thomas Bradford the Es
ecutive Committee was instructed, as soon q
the different railroads, and confer with them re
latlve to reduction In freight, and the adoptio
of measures looking to the interests of the fru
} growers of the peninsula.
A quorum of the Executive Committee wa
fixed at seven members, and the Association cleo
ed the following gentlemen members of sal
committee DIR. Henry Ridgely Geo. w. Gun
minis, George Parvis, John Emmerson, and Gel
A. 7. A. Torbert, of Kent county; Samuel Tow
send, Serrick +. Shallcross, and VIM. Polk,
New Castle county, and John w. Causey of SUI
sex county The President was authorized I
fill up the remaining committees rs soon as po
sible after the adjournment Of the Association
500 copies of the constitution were ordered to
printed, when the Association adjourned to me-
: at Dover, the second Tuesday Of December,
hear the report of the Executive Committee.
A series Of resolutions offered by Elias s. Rec,
of Dover, rejecting with great severity upon NJ
Hincklcy, President of the p. w. Il b. Railroad
and Messrs. Sewall and Brown, officers Of ii
Delaware Railroad; and specifying number
delinquencies," on their part, and asking IL
removal Of the two last named gentlemen, wei
read during the session. Their proposition cause
considerable confusion and excitement. Nj
Cochran, the presiding officer, declared he wou
Immediately resign, If they were entertained, ar
there seeming to be general opposition they wei
withdrawn.