Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-11-07

| spective and possible usefulness than the capac-
| ities of our soil for production.
communication has been received by your
Secretary, from Mr.. VIM. Phipps blake, who
subscribeS himself Executive Commissioner"
of the UNITED STATES CENTENNIAL COMMITS
SION, wherein the cooperation Of this Society is
solicited in the effort 10 achieve an international
Exhibition in Philadelphia, A. D. 1876 As the
| time is somewhat remote, and because addition
| al details of plan and purpose are promised. it
| may not be eXpedicut for this Society 10 take
| any immediate action. Whatsoever attention
you may devote to the. project will doubtless be
| proitably bestowed
The importation Of Fruit into this common.
| wealth, especially Of peaches, has developed
| within few years past into a business Of great
| importance. There is no reason why it should
| not continue 10 increase in magnitude, supply
| ing the community cheaply and in abundance
with the choicest product of more equable
| Chimes, If reasonable supervision can be eXer-
| ciSed over its method of packing and transpor-
| tatIon. But the grower is too apt 10 be care
| less, and even when he does exercise due prs.
| caution, all his heedrulness may be neutralized
| by the TecklesSness Of railway or steamboat
| pOrterS. Reclamation has invariably proved
| useless, il appearing to be rule with common
| carriers to discredit and reject all claims for
| damage upon their especial lines of conveyance,
| ms EVIL Is rapidly attaining proportions thar
| will demand legislative intervention for its
| cfectual remedy or suppression. It would
| seem to be within the peculiar province of this
| society to direct its influence as TO insure
| SO far as may be, the due safeguard of the more
| perishable fruits from delays in transmission.
thetts in transit, and savage fracture of case or
| contents. Your Secretary bestowed much
| attention upon this subject throughout the
| summer, and has been fortunate enough TO
| obtain from one OF the largest dealers in all
| species OF delectabe fruit, as well as some thas
| would be better described by a different adjec.
tive, the following note of suggestions as to tho
preferable method of packing and carriage:
| EDWARD W. LINCOLN, ESQ, My dear SIR;
In reply to your request for my views upon the
| modes OF putting up and delivering Fruit, es-
| pecially the Peach for the market, would say
| that, in the first place, the cars should be con
| structed for the especial purpose, thus giving
| the fruit perfect ventilation.
| Secondly, the Fruits should be shipped in quar-
| ter, half, and whole Barrels, in preference to
| Boxes. They arrive in much better condition
! in Barrels These should be made with false
| head in the centre, SO as to divide the bulk Of
| Fruit into two equal portions. The barrels
should be perforated with good sized holes; say
| an inch in diameter.
Thirdly. The condition of the car must not
| bG overlooked. The fruit is often transported
in the same car with Horses. Again, it will ar
| rive covered with Tar or Lime which had prob
ably been in the car before the Fruit From
| this, both Dealer and Consumer have to suffer.
FOTthly. Delay in transportation, caused by
| insufficieucy and poor class of boaIs tfhc route
| by Long island Sound being uuayoidabe) and
! the inadequate supply Of cars at the precise Oc-
| CASTOR OF their need.
Hoping that change may be effected, aud
| recognizing in your Society powerful agency
| toward this end,
remain very truly yours, &C.,
GEORGE L. BLISS.
Mr.. Bliss desired that his name should not be
| used, and will undoubtedly shrink from this
publicity. But the Oldest and tuost expert deal
ers concur with him in the oplni9ns which he
| has so well expressed and the propriGtr would
appear to be slight Of Withholding from him hls
just due of recognition.
1t should be a source Of profound regret th9t
| so few of our community possess even limited
| knowledge of Botdny 1t ought TO be n cause
for deeper scll.reproach, when the remedy is
| within our own hands and we withhold its APP
| picatiOn. Your Secretary has already advised
the procurement of Il course of lectures from
Prof, Asa Gray,-fdcile princepS in his chosen
| science, and as skilllul in imparting the rudi.
mentS Of learning as he is in mastering its
higher branches. He might not come were he
| invited; should he (which one of you would
not prefer his lucid aud exact instruction to the
| yapd fapdOodle that has become the customary
food Of yceumS.
How much of the love of Flowers, that yet
influence our older fellow citizens, may be
traced to the lingering charm Of those field
excursions and off hand lectures in the old
Town Hall, instigated and made profitable by
EMORY WAsHBURN, JOHN MILTON EARLE,
CHRISTOPHER Z. BALDWIN and WILLIAM LIN
coin. OF what infinitely higher aspiration
this Cooking from Nature up to Natures
God" than the incessant drumming upon soul
less wire or disemboded catgut 10 which
the majority of our young men and
maidens are now addicted Latterly,-
it has been considered Indispensable
to proper impression of the juvenile mind with
the reconcile mysteries of political Republican,
ism, that it should be seasonably trained to u
love for kerosene and the tan yard Is it not
equally the dictate OF prudence for the vOtaries
of Flora and Pomona, in whatsoever depart
ment, to bend their twigs as they would have
their trees incline?
All which is respectfully submitted by
EDWARD WINsLow LINCOLN,
Librarian and Secretary.
Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass, Nov e,
A. D. 1872.