Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-05-29
Potomac Fruit growers Association.

Read Treasurer, Lester Lloyd, finahcla' SO .;
retary, T.. Myers, and the Reporier' D. /.
Bramhall, were present ..
THE FAIa.-The report OF the COMMITTEE
of Arrangements Tor the talr was presented
and after receiving several amendments pre-
posed by Col. Bramhali, was adopted. Inc
| following are the committees appointed aho
Committee on Strawberries Major o. r.
Hine. Judge ]. @. Underwood, Chalklcy Gil
bingham, Mrs. Fl. w. Read, Mira. }. I. Close
Mrs. R. A. Phillips. p..u:
Committee on Cherries. A. Philips
Can't. G. L. Kenyon, Philip Myers, Mrs Dr.
Lloyd, Mrs. DR.. Hogan. ~,
Committee on Gooseberries. DIR. l.. Lloyd
| Almond Birch, Eastman Galpn' MIS- H.
York, Mrs U. j.. Hine. , c,
Committee on Currants. Col. s. f. Cham
berlin. Col. J. T. Close ]. l.. Koon. Mra. W.
| Glover Mrs. r.. 8. Wright.
| Committee on Flowers. Spencer A. Coo,
DR.. L. F.. Colt, Mrs. 2. Myers, Mrs. Dr.
Colt, Miss Hattie Hogan, Mrs. Coe.
! Glass lst.-For the best variety OF straw
berries for general cultivation. 50 for the
second BEST diploma.
Glass 2d.-For the best variety OF straw
berries for market, 81. Second best diploma
Class 3d.-For the best collection OF straw
berries, 81. Second best, diploma.
Class 4th.-For the best variety OF cherries
81. Second best, diploma.
Glass 5th.-Eor the best COLLECTION OF cher
ries, 81. Second best, diploma.
Glass Gth.-F0r the best variety OF goose
berries, 81. Second best, diploma.
Glass. 7th.-For the best variety oil currants,
Isl. Second best, diploma.
Glass Sth.-For the best collection Of flow
ers. 81. Second best, diploma.
All fruit entered for competition must be OF
the exhibitor 3 own raising. and each sample
must contain at least one pint, ami when known
must be labeled with the name OF the VARIETY.
The fair to be held at the yillsgr oil Fails
Church, and to commence Tuesday, June tn.
Admission ten cents members Tree
Samples of fruits or flowers may b. entered
for competition by any person not member
on payment of fifty cents. Members free.
| Hon. Horace Capron, Commissioner, OF
Agriculture; DR.. j. f. Snodgrass, President
| of the New York Fruit Growers Club, and
A. r. Leighton, President Norfolk Horneul-
tural and Pom. Society, are invited to address
the association at the opening OF the fair
The Chair invited DR.. Snodgrass, who VAS
present. to mako few remarks.
Dr. 2nc1grass 1t is with some reluctance
that | Use To address you, A. | cane here
merely "a listener and spectator, but the re
port of your committee suggests To my NINA
lew thoughts, to which viii give utterahee
am pleased to see that ii5Vais have not been
overlooked. | am Of the Gpini0n that al
though yon ale irnlL gt1weis club. roh
sbould give no less attention IL f1Wora than
than Won DO to fruit Flowers are truly won
deiiul things have rra,ia,d medicine 10
the cites vi ijey York aud Brooklyn, aud my
experience sud instinct teach me to be hopeful
WHEN see tlJwtls lii my patient window. IL
mattei- n 1t where II Is III the houses oi the lien
or the kJyrls 0i Tia. ruor whether II he "a
shljy ,lant etnfl lug Tor he IN h.okrn
flower pot, ct rare ,Xut!c3 honIi9hihg IN costly
ynsrs wherever huWrrs can ryrri theT quiet
iuhuenrr. upon the patient there have hope.
am sure of auccsss. II fruit ht the tohd
! prosr Of Your association, let h'wera s'' the
/, true poetry.
Mr. lands. whose name Is 10 be always As
ISOLATED ia our minds with that OF Nineland,
offered pfi2e Of $3.50 or The best flower
garden made hy lady of that town, with her
own hands | Vi nti 1t, and ii Wa one ol the
prettiest sights ever saw That offer oil the
prize, and the gardens that competed Tor II,
and the aueatona thut we're asked in hundreds
about it, all helped as much AZ anything 10
build up Nincland from wilderness ia town
of ST., 600 inhabitants. 1t is a hint worth
taking.
Another reason why you should gi7e patt,c
ular attention to flowers, is that 1t Is the pecu-
liar field Of labor OF women, and you should
recognize women as co workers with yourselves
in your great and important work. In our
New York Fruit Growers Club We draw no
distinctions Our Vice President is lady,
and we put ladies' in the other Offices and on
committees, Just az we do gentlemen, and they
do quite as we'll Our first honorary member
ship was COME FRED upOn 4 lady, who took care
Of farm herself and raised superior quality
of fruit.
| will say to you that | an much pleased
with this section Of the country, though not
wholly a stranger to it, being native OF |lr-
GINA. | am not yet entirely satisfied az to
this being the very best soil for grapes, but
on the whole it looks favorable, and the
climate certainly could hardly be better fitted
| hope at all events 10 give it test by some
time raising some grapes hero myself. For
peaches, | think this is the best country l
have seen, without exception. l can say the
same in regard to the pear, irult by the bye
| that | find has not received the attention 1t
| deserves here | am glad to see the Kittatinny
blackberry cultivated here; | think you will
not be disappointed in it, for you have exactly
| the soil and climate most suited TO the black.
berry, and a better variety than the kttatinny,
| think, could not be found. Your red soil is
probably better suited to it than the wet clay
where saw it growing.
This new movement, as | may call 1t, Of
fruit growing, is decidedly American. We are
not content with the plain, old fashioned farm
| ing We want novelty, and We have il. And
very pleasant and remunerative one You will
| find it. Our Fruit Growers Club has been
decided success from the very beginning. And
| so it will be TO individuals, for 4 great many
more persons can 60 into fruit raising than cIn
| 20 to farming. 1t requires less capital and
less labor, and The returns are quicker aud
larger.
In conclusion, | say 10 you, God speed.
The curse OF slavery il lifted !rom yonr land
for ever; your climate and yanr soil are all
| that could be wished and the South is now
| fast rising to glorious future. Everything
| is proptious and with harmony YOU must suc
| coed in your great and philanthropic move
nent. To Pc CONCLUDED
SALES IN PRINCE GEORGE MD. On the
22d instant the trustees disposed ol porii1n
of the real estate Of the late Israel NJ Jack