The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-12
The Georgia state Hort i. ultural SCI.
ctety-lts Recent Meeting at Port


ctety-lts Recent Meeting at Port
Valley.
LAKE GEORGE. FLA, Aug. 10.
Editor Pslatks News:
In accordance with your request t.
give you . few dots with reference u
my trip and visit to the Georgia State
Horticultural convention, holden at For,
Valley, on the esth and 18th Of July,
would say We left JackN nvilIe ON the
morning Of the 2.th. and at Thomas willie
were joined by several delegates FROM
Florida en- route for the sane place and
purpose ~ ourselves.
Our route lay over the s., +. x ".
Railroad - far ~ Albany, =, d then by
the Central road. We found the con
aections not very good. having to Ii,
over several hours at each change.
ThONasvillS wo found q thriving, 20
AHEAD. live place. This is head quarter,
f0s the famous leCOnts pear. which IL
source Of much revenue 10 tho planters
Oi this section. The fruit Of these AZ.
Just in their prime, AMI are rapidly grow
ilK in favor ~ . KOOL eating pear. A
severe storm had = few days before d.
str0yssi large portion VI this season
crop. Dir. II. II. Sanford, Of the Dixie
Nurseries, having had 500 bushels blown
oil and ruined.
We reached Fort Valley ut II u. IA. OF
the ?sth, and at 2 p. ~. u meeting Oi
The Association was holden 1t Gray
hSll, where \ roll Of the members Wal
called and Nh address u welcome by IL.
mayor u the town. and RESPONSE by Mr.
+. j. Berckmans, the President Of III.
Association. An essay on Fruit Grow
ing. by Dr. Hape. and followed by 9th
erS. At y y. ~. the Association met VI
the broad vsrsn,las u the Harris House
the business u this meeting being to re-
viss tho catalogue, taking up one by one
hrst apples by course, and marking ~ Il
quality, raisinK the standard vi som,
aud rejecting others. and NJ on through
all the fruits. This We found very in
tsrssting and instructive.
On Thursday morning No wsrs up a
sunrise. aud wishing ~ n.y. something d
the town, met Ar. y. Kelley. u resident
here, who asked us 10 take ride in hil
buggy. This We vera not slow to NC
Cspt. Nj. =. showed NV his place Of IN
acres. oil IN peaches. apples. pears
grapes, etc. and 10 acres in straw berries
A Mr.. Parnell, brother VI the cele bra
ted Irish member u Parliament, haI
%OO acres in peaches. Another, Mr.
Samuel n. kunnph, has 80 acres il
peaches. spples, pears, grapes and othe
fruits. These and many others Of lik,
nature are splendid properties. Thcs'
and many others had tine displays q
choice fruits on the tables. such prache
We had not seen for many years.
The country there IL truly fine one
The land quite rolling, soil red clay
and produces excellent fal IN and frul
crops. The people are progressive, wild
awake and prosperous.
| On tho evening previous to our return
home, the people Of Fort Valley gav'
the delegates 4 grand banquet ut til,
Harris HOUSE, ut which probably ON,
hundred sat down, and toasts AN,
speeches were the order Of the day
The s.. +. 4 W. Railway and the Cen
trial generously gave free passes to al
delegates going and returning TO an,
from Jacksonville. We shall long 70
member with much pleasure our "trip &
Fort Valley.
With your permission | will give tn
readers Of TnE News some account o
the proceedings Of the Association, il
object, success and benefits that hav
been derived from il since It's organiza
ton. regard II as one of the most use
full societies Of the kind in tho country
and the solid advantages to he derive,
from its annual sessions cannot be emu
merated. We wish every fruit grove
in Florida could have been present
Many Of the fruits on exhibition Coul,
easily he grown in this section.
w, W, HAWKINS.