The Wilmington daily Republican., 1902-01-11
PENINSULA
FARMING.

ance, including two peach skins
of the country, began its closin
days session by its annual electio
OF officers. The society has bee
enthused with new life and DR.. .
J. Black, the Delaware fruit expel
declared to-day that it has bee
one Of the society's biggest meet
ings. Beside the professors o
experiment, stations in attendanc,
to-day, all the members of til,
Delaware State Board of Agricul
ture participated in the deliber;l
tlon, and Lieutenant-Governol
Cannon Of Delaware, was a prom
inent spectator.
| The election of officers resulted
as follows:
! President, Abram N. Brown OF
Wyoming, Del, vise-president,
W. q. Dawson of Dorchester, Md,
secretary and treasurer, Professor
Wesley Webb Of Dover; executive
committeemen-Dr. Arthur T..
Neale OF Newark, and Orlando
Harrison Of Beelin. The vice
presidents for the counties were
chosen as follows:
New Castle, Dr. J. J. Black;
Kent Del, S, H. Derby; Sussex,
Charles Barker; Cecil, George
Biddle; Kent Md, Robert W.
Emory; Queen Anne, William B.
Earle; Caroline county, j. W. Kerr
Dorchester, James NJ. Andrews;
Talbot, DR.. j. J. Lowndes; Wicomi-
co, W. F. Allen; Worcester, II.
c. Peters; Somerset, J. W. Hall;
Accomac Va, A. G. McMann;
northampton V. Thomas L. Lind
ley.
After contest over the next
place OF meeting between Whining
ton and Newark, Del, it being
Delaware's turn for the convention
the college town won out and the
1903 session will be held there.
The old five-eighths peach bas-
ket in use On this peninsula for
thlrty-ive years was practically
abolished to-day by the action of
the Peninsula Horticulture Society
1t was the first instance, too of
the farmers of the Delaware PENN
sula ever working in harmony with
the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. The abolition of the peach
basket and the adoption of cover
ed carrier containing small fiat
baskets arose from a strong paper |
read by Charles Z. Kingston, a
freight agent of the Philadelphia, |
Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road, supported by strong resolu-
tions presented by A. n. Brown
of Wyoming, the incoming presi-
dent of the society. The Brown
resolutions follows:
"Whereas, the tive-eights baskets
in which the peaches of this PENN
sula have been chiefly marketed
necessitates Il specially fitted car,
and imposes many difficulties upon
transportation lines to furnish the
ABILITIES, impedes the movement
md delivery of the fruit-all of
which is II severe tax upon the
Of this peninsula and
Whereas, the experience of the
eading producers of this country
md the demand of receivers and
consumers. CLEARLY demonstrate that
here are more modern and approx
d packages in which peaches can
Ne marketed, meeting all the de-
lands of the market and greatly
nhancing the value Of the product
eside overcoming the difficulties
lted i'll the matter Of transportation
e it
"Resolved, That it is the sense
this society that peach growers
pom this peninsula should uccpct
'me covered package that will G
lcet the demand Of the consumers )
rlng more favorable returns to ,,
rodncer and relieve him of the q q
lipment Of peaches in open pack
5es that require the special pro- |
sions herein Indicated
Mr.. Kingston, in his address,
lil +,
During the past season there
ere G27 p, W. a. l.. ventilated
rs equipped with shelving and Il
e cost OF SO equipping these cars a
us IN excess of S23 per car, or Il !,
tai cost of nearly $4,000, This t
JOS not include what ears might =,
we earned had they been avail ~ ~
DE for shipments other than a.
'aclles in fact it is impossible to Il
curately figure the cost to the j.,
ilroad company. Since the es- " "
blishment of air brakes on freight J
,ins and fast schedules the un- t,
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