Smyrna times., 1895-01-16
fruits IN Delaware
VI I-NING PROCEEDINGS OF The, py,.,,.
9ULA HORTICULTURAL socTr,,v '-,' .ar IN -
DoVER-THE REPORT ON "
PEACHES.

The eighth annual oeotina ,
yonaa Uila9Gla Ia horticultural Society con-
3 to',IC It5u III Dover Wednesday. OUina
anoa ,i'e 'ncIement weather the attnnd-
G anGt G,, was not very large. "'''D u
oo,,a. nc opening session was held in ,l.o
Io,.,i Lo"iI room at 2 O'Clock, with tb,. c,I
,p"'Eg ,p well-known fruit rrowr,y ',g ''', ~,
ny, fno eninSuIa present: J. " K.,r
Toi.i HTeH.oni Robert l.. Guile, Prof : y
NJ 5e'siS' United States Pomolipist. prdf
D. n n. beckwith, Delaware CnIla0a'.
Gh, io'' r - Chester, George T pnw.jI'
T"THl, r w, y, T.; >. II. Derby, Viola. ~
P. p, du Deman, Washington. r II
W,,I' Wt1,ncIoII' Camden; Pennel Emersn,,
KiyIol KTfomIlg; G A. w. Slaymaker. ! W
and r'i'oii o,i CnarIes Wright, c. G. Brown
soo;1i! oa'iies > Harris, president of tba ~
aIc'aIioh' delivered his annual adIra"
"nich ,It was we'll received e9S'
ne 'oIi0wlng reports were ver, =,
oeles''Ag and caused considerable A.
I%ssloh D, Fruits in General >
ID PACK, NJ. d.; Propagation of ~.
G FeeS, RS, by }. W. Kerr; Apples" by G,' q
n. r. Van Deman gave var, ia,.-
esllhg talk on "a Family AnIIa On a.
chard. =" He spoke of it AZ a neno..'.?.l rpl1 ~,
nh95 anu Said every family of this secfi"Is
'"Tu'u ~ nave apples the entire wear
,,.i nc evening session began at SOW.
a 9r ci0cK. The report of w. :. NavwoIi
VI. d. on Pear, was read Inv ,bl ta " ,ei' oli'
re,ary, Prof Wesley Webb ''0'
fr0t. II. B. Heigis, United STATE. D.
n,' -l'o..,SIs'' gave a very nterestipg tai,
on Spraying Trees" 7''''s '''A
,pllt, ! lie report of w. Irving Walker nm
caches, was as follows {
'Vh lhe exception Of few orrh.,rJ. {
"Iohs me water courses. tho nna,I, !
crop OF 1874 was the usual off vaar C,I
ure' put believe this failure foIIov.',,,''. d
Sue heavy crop and low prices or Ieo5' =
mas produced good results bv c,n.;.'1 t
growers who were holding on to trn,77 ?
=, lhietior fruit, TO pull ali -uch lrea. q
wv "hlch, IN case Of good Gran ~. q
'ear' snould relieve the market of ,t7 n
rade. '--0' ''''@'ng 20 tne n
Ihe peach belt is not novioo ..,.t. u
Is RAPID ~ along the Cbe,aneal. ''5 u
u the Peninsula as it is aionu m. H.. is
u the Delaware division Of IT, p w w %
Z i. railroad, there hating Lal, {,
no unhealthy trees r.rn,v.i b.
'ast year. N'i'Hg lHc Nh
The Maryland and Delaware papin re
u'a is the peach section of the ,.n,.n at
nd ever will be SO far as ouaIjfyot -,
'uit Is concerned, but it rests Win tba ca
Rover to put his carefully assorted IN di:
convenient and attractive packaoo - re
'II on the market by the side of tbs, en-
by the progressive fr1ir fro
.arNcjer of California. th,
Two principal reasons for low rroas
~ Ine teninaIla grower are:
tlrsI-Ihe lack Of systematic dj.tri-
ltion Of The crop. '''''' = ca
0tcohd--Ihe careless attention given
the majority of growers to the 49,
iTi Ttment and packing OF the fruit. Z
!, i ms year promises big crop. which Y
~ orlng paying prices, providing dis up,
button eau be properly made and to ,
re Is gwen AS to package. would sch
ESest that committee of five be an sen
lnted by the president to formulate at
plan Tor marketing the 1SQ5 naacb l89
'p providing there Is crop5 the the
IN TO be submitted to the growers in and
;h manner as the committee nav sch,
nix advisable. "' ana