The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-14
JERSEY FRUIT.
Makes a Fine Showing at
the Pathological Society's
Meeting.
DISPLAY TAKES A PRIZE
Essex the Banner County
For Grapes outdid
Itself.

Especial to "The Jersey City News.'1
NEWARK. Sept. II, 1S99.-The executive
| committee of the New Jersey State Hof-
| ticultural Society, through its Secretary,
| Jesse B. Rogers, of this city, says of the
| exhibit in its charge at the recent meeting
of the American Pathological Society IN
Philadelphia:
The committee on awards of Wilder
medals of the American Pathological So
ciety. in its report, says: TO the New
Jersey State Horticultural Society, Tor
the large and highly meritorious display.
comprising 96 plates in twelve different
classes
saThe honors bestowed by the aware
belong to the fruit ROVER who enabled
tbe executive committee of the State So
cietv to make this exhibit, as such COM
mittee was MY entrusted by them 70 e&-
bibit their specimens. and the committee
believes such exhibitors entitled 20 a pre-
liminary report, directing a more detaliea
one to the annual meeting in January
next.
Sussex county exhibited twenty-one
plates of apples. pears and peaches. Inc
fruit being. as most all such raised IN
Sussex county, of very high color was
placed next to the exhibit of Arkansas
and Missouri, as Sussex and western
| states growers do not spray, and Jersey
held it's own for beauty, even wnen suen
is Unmarried by the clear sunshine OF the
west. and as to quality, it lacked nothing
and was very hard to beat. Even Vlr-
ginia. famous for high grade peaches
said Sussex grown was of high qutilty.
morris county. noted for fruit, could
not exhibit. as the extended dry weather
rendened its fruits too small to place on
exhibition. thus reducing the total num-
| her of plates fully one-quarter.
Essex county. the banner county OF
the Union for exhibition grapes. even out
did itself. 1t had in all 14 plates, ana
Charles Black, Hightstown. Mercer
county. IT; total, 1s1. These were exhfo-
tied in the centre of the room, and the
committee on awards pronounced 1t the
best collection of outdoor grown grapes
eyer exhibited in the United States. Dr..
]. f. Ward. Lyons Farms, had'a n co.
faction of pears n peaches. The early
varieties of pears having passed by, acme
would be shown. and the insinuated ooref
having killed many of the trees, the fame
of Essex county as a great pear secilon
was 1essened as to the number OF varlet1es
W -
shown.
monmouth county has a very heavy
apple crop of very fine and perfect fruie
this season. 1t showed 1S5 plates, CON
sjsting of one of crab apple, q OF appies'
IS of pears. 8 Of ounces and 3 OF plufns-
MANY new or local varieties We're among
them.
..Mercer county-William English, Ira
r blackwell. c. E. Blackwell, Titusyiiie;
| charles Black. Hightstown. and Samuel
De Cou. Princeton Junction, had III
plates of apples, pears, peaches, piums
and cranes All were choice specimens,
carefully selected. and among them was
the Hawthorne apple. very similar 20 -
Maiden Blush. syn. Maiden's Blush.
ssRnriington county growers had a more
varied collection thar any other secrlon
of the State, as the improved yaIietiss o
edible nuts are propagated therein
gloucester County-John Ropp, Glass
boro. exhibited twelve plates OF apples
and pears. Among these was a plate ol
nuchess de Angolene, as generally Writ
Ten. but as there is a variety known as
Duchess its nomenclature has been chahg-
ed to simply Angolene, as large, II not
larger. than any ever shown. Mr.. Ropp
is the champion pear grower OF the state
if not of the United States.
LAS to the quality of the exhibit, the
general expression of the delegates from
other States was as to the superiority OF
quality of the specimens shown, the mem
hers of the department of pomology-
washington, D. c., evinced their appre-
citation of the value of the collection by
sending over forty varieties of apples
alone to their rooms in Washington for
taking of models shown in department.
| Negatives were taken of almost every va
riety of grape shown for use in slides for
| experimental stations, farmers insti-
tutes, lectures, etc.
.sThe Executive Committee of the New
| Jersey horticulture Society have been
| investigating the past summer the rela-
/ tive position of the State fruit interests
when brought into competition with west
ern grown fruits, and a comparison of
our home growth with that of other
| States but confirms our convictions that
| New Jersey fruit growers are in the front
ranks either as growers of the higher
| grades of fruit or of those OF a CONNER
cial nature. New Jersey can rightly claim
"a be the garden State, even in horticul-
ture. and her growers can compete sue
| cessfully for any premiums whenever Of
fered.
The Executive Committee of the State
Horticultural Society thanks the fruit
growers for their aid in demonstrating
in this exhibition the true work OF our
fruit interests"
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