Middletown transcript., 1891-06-18
TIE PEACH CONVENTION.

q FRUIT GROWERS, BUYERS, BASKE
i MANUFACTURERS, COMMISSION MER
CHANTS AND OTHERS MEET AND
DISCUSS THE MANY PHASES OF
g GREAT INDUSTRY.
I'll in pursuance of a call issued by th,
a Board Of Trade, many of the represent
y ative men Of Delaware and Maryland
: and many of the best known commits
: sion men OF New York, Philadelphia
) and other places assembled In th,
t Opera House to-day to discuss thl
: peach crop and price prospects Of th.
coming season. The personnel OF thu
, Convention guaranteed an intelligent
presentation of every point Of interest
to growers, shippers, transportation
companies and package manufacturers.
Soon after the meeting hour the house
was well-filled. and every member of
the Board of Trade realized that great
good was to be accomplished in the
way of bringing into close contact
those different branches of business
dependent upon the fruit industry.
The following persons from a dis
tance attended the meeting. and regis
tered at the National Hotel: John
Very, Chas A. Bowman, II. s. Brown,
R. A. Brice, E. C. Crow. Philadel.
phia !; Walter S. Hill, New York; R.
Smith. Talbot Co.. Nd, w. F. PEN
ington, Queen ADne's Co.. Md; E. A.
Snow, Geo. A. Wood, Boston A. D.
Norton. G. G.. Cannon, Wilmington ;
J. J. White, Buffalo; A. A. Watson,
Dover; w. H. Faraum, Boston; E.
R. Wilson, Hartford, Conn.,; j. A.
Wier, John Corkran, New Haven,
Connecticut.
Those at the Middletown Hotel are
Jacob S. Goldsboro, Frank Wright,
Baltimore Charles FL. Burgess, Gem
treville, Nd; J. Louis Evans, Ralphs,
Md; H. W. Viven, Bridgeville, DEL;
W.. E. Brown, Bridgeville J. w.
Graham. J. W. Graham, Jr., Kenton !;
J. E. Williams, Smyrna, Samuel Ma
son, Lynch's; j. Frank Barwick, Sud-
dlersville F.; W. Fitch, Salisbury F. G.
Usilton, Fl. M. Brown, Chestertown ;
]. G.. Rothen, Philadelphia. Judge S.
T. Earle, R. Hopper Smith, Centre
vile /; r. M. Burdock, Hartford, Conn.
r. L. Rosenthal, New York.
In addition TO these there were many |
others from all over the Peninsula,
who are staying with friends in town.
W. I'll. Foulkrod, of the firm Of Hood,
FoulkrGd i Co., of Philadelphia, and
I. HI. Atherholt of Philadelphia, were
among the prominent men present.
On the northbound express came FL.
NJ. Brown and Mr.. Usilton of Kent
NetDs of Ches'ertown, Md. On the
II. 80 came Hon. John w. Causey,
Hon. Wilbur II. Burnite, Hon. James
Williams and number OF others. On
;he Norfolk express came many
rnminent Philadelphia and Whining
ton gentlemen. DR.. John J. Black,
who was invited by the Board of Trade
to act as chairman, was present in
good time and served. the meeting in
very acceptable manner.
The call for the meeting was ad-
dressed to all fruit growers, manufact-
urers OF packages, buyer commission
evaporators, transporta-
lion companies and all others interest
ID in the fruit business.
At1P. M. s. NJ. Reynolds, President
II the Board OF Trade, in very neat
speech welcomed the visitors to Mid
lletowh and expressed the hope that
;he result of the meeting might be as
profitable to them as it was pleasant
% the people of Middletown and the
Board Of Trade. He then announced
he officers OF the meeting as follows:
DR.. John j. Black president. The
Vice. Presidents were as follows: Geo.
". Lockwood, George Biddle, Cecil ]
TO-, Md; Garrett Foxwell, w. T.
Iepbron, Kent Co., Nd; DIR. w. E.
'udler, Robert T. Cattlin, Queen t
Anne's Co., Md; Robert Carroll, An /
rev Rowe, Caroline Co., Md; James r
Richard E. Smith, Talbot f
'o., Md; Geo. M. D. Hart, John G.
orbit, New Castle Co., Del; Wilbur n
I. Burnite, David J. Dummins, Kent :
o., Del; John W. Causey, Edward 9
). Martin, Sussex Co., Del. Wesley s
Webb Of the Delaware Farm and
lone, and J. Herman Ireland were
ecretaries Of the meeting.
The committee on statistics made y
leir report which embraced each dis y
let in the peach belt. The estimates
ERE as follows
Mt. Pleasant. $1,000 baskets Mid 4
etown, ESQ., 900; Smyrna and vicinity, r,
80, 600; Greenspring, $4,000; Dover, !
Ill crop Rising Sun, half crop Will +,
w Grove, quarter crop; Frederick, .,
oor crop; Bridgeyille, poor crop. e
Maryland-Keut County 800, 900
askets Queen Annes, 0O,OOO; Car =
inc, half crop; Talbot county, good m
'op ; Queen Anne's station, within !
'dius of five miles, including parts of !,
ueen Annes, Caroline and Talbot -
'unties, 4O0, 600 /; Easton, Talbot Co., =, a.
goo ), Miles River Neck, $4,000;
orchester, Wicomico and Somerset
'unties, small crop !; Prices Station,
/ Queen Anne's and Kent r. R..
o, 900 baskets Millington, 40O, 600; b
lddlersville, 100000; Centreville, W
70, 900 baskets. IN
DIR. Henry Ridgely reported good w
ospect for a heavy crop in Kent ev
unty, north of FELTON, he reported
lures on nearly all young orchards,
I'd that there would he mora whita :,