Smyrna times., 1893-01-18
To be C0ntinued)
THE FRUIT GROWERS,

w OO NOtttHUcUl
THE FRUIT GROWERS.
DISCUSSING PAST EXPERIENCES rop
FUTURE BENEFIT.
Competing Railroad Line HIanted.
The snow blockade has been uracfi-
cally overcome by the members Of the
fenInsula Horticultural Society. and y
goodly number arrived in Dover Tues.
day and Wednesday and at once took
part in the deliberations of the Societ,
Many of the new arrivals had IRVING
experiences with delayed trains. Mr.
j. W. Kerr, of Denton, Md, spent two
hours while his train on a branch road
tried to get through a big snowdrift
After waiting until he got tired. he oct
out and walked to Clayton, where he
caught train for Dover His exper-
-'HNA AOu&u one.
There is general opinion that the
season Of 1893 viii be good one 70,
peaches.
THE YELLoWs LAW.
wednesday morning some discussion
took place with reference to the laws
IN Maryland and Delaware. for s;arnn.
ing out the yellows. Mr.. ]. J. Rosa
OF Milford brought the matter up. bv
asking if Maryland had law looking 10
this end, and Mr.. J. W. Kerr. Of Caro-.
line county, Nd, informed him that
there was. I'VE dread the yellows IS
we DO the cholera in our section." said
Mr. Kerr, ''aud ihe people do an ,bev
can to stamp them out. We have Ell
the law We need bat we want adeouote
provision for carrying it out. Mr.. BiJ.
ole said the yellows had practically
Killed the peach industry Of Cecil
county. Mr.. Rosa SAID New Cs.,lo
county and two hundreds Of K.rr
county we're exempted from the onpr,..
uon OF the Delaware law. The first
effort under this law was made lazr
season. There are a number OF defects
IN the law, which ought to be remedied
Inc compensation of inspectors
ought to be greater, and they ought to
De put under bonds for proper perfor.
nance of their duty. A law without \
penalty is no law. Another defect
'xists in the clause relating to the
YORK. This should not wait for any.
hing. As matters now stand. the :
work can only be done on petition of :
i've growers of the neiehborhood
again the law ought to be made to
pply to the whole state, and the shin
nent Of diseased peaches ought to be b
rohibited. Our only salvation, if we l.
'ish to retain the peach industry, is to c.
estroy every tree on the Peninsula ei
hected with the yellows. | think the II
alue ofproperty has decreased from b
to 90 per cent since the yellows T
Iade their appearance" q
Col. +. l.. Martin promptly endorsed 81
lis view, and said that the best proof bl
this VAS the marked decline in prop fe
''y values since the yellows became or
'eValent. Mr.. Kerr said that Mary. IN
nd laws provided against the shin tn
ent OF fruit from diseased trees. max. XII
g such shipment misdsmeanor Sc
olonel Martin thought that laws ID
light to be passed by Delaware, Mary II
nd and Virginia, which would pro- tu
de for destruction, root and branch of
every tree affected with the yellows aft
matter where it might be located alb
Ihe discussion resulted in the an. mi
lntment of a standing committee gr,
insisting of Mr.. Rosa for Delaware, J.
Harris, of Kent county, Md, and A. pc
McMath, of AccOmac county. Va. tic
secure and encourage the enforce. va
INT of laws in the three states TO ito
mp out peach yellows aud black du
OF of cherry and plum trees. fru
PRESIDENT BIDDLE's ADDRESS.
President George Bddle, orCecilton
Gil county, Md, in his address. said
part: [
Dur want is competing line and ioll
can be had Sy extending the Bal pre-
Iore & Eastern Shore Railroad VIC
'thward to Singerly on the ialu tar
re Il Ohio. And there is good rea. lor
for believing that but little effort o'a
uld be required to make this a real me-
as it would prove valuable feeder ryI;
he Baltimore & Ohio. rls'
Am
APPLES WILL PAY. KaI
he opinion has been expressed that che
lies will not pay as market crop. NJ.
this exception must be taken. tiers
In suitable varieties we can clear mac
luaily from $75 to 500 an acre. Nor
ring the past fall l saw in New the
* State apples sold from so cents
Il barrel, and netted growers 500