Evening journal., 1902-01-11
PEACH BASKET
IN RELOCATED
They Increased Cost Of Ship
ping The Fruit
Railroad Official Advocates Change
DeIaWareal Named as President
Of Horticultural Society

Berlin Md. Jan 1.-The last day IS
session OF the Peninsula hOrticuturists
was marked 10y an overfowing attend
ance. Special trains brought number
of railroad officials TO attend the meet
ing.
At the morning session Charles E
Kingston. freight agent OF The Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore railroad
read a paper before the society on
Transportation and Marketing of Per
ishable Products and Immediately af-
terward the following resolution. offered
hy A. y. Brown. The president-elect of
The society, was adopted:
WANT MODERN FRUIT PACKAGE.
Whereas. The fve-eighths basket in
which the peaches of this Peninsula have
been chiefly marketed necessitates a spe-
cially fitted car, and imposes many diff
hculties upon transportation lines to fur
nish the facilities, impedes the movement
and delivery of the fruit, all of which is
q severe tax upon the producers of this
Peninsula, and,
Whereas, The experience of the lead
ing producers of this country and the de-
mand of receivers and consumers clearly
demonstrate that there are more modern
and approved packages in which peaches
can be marketed, meeting all the de-
mands Of the market and greatly en-
hancing the value of the product beside
overcoming the difficulties cited in the
matter of transportation be it
Resolved, That it is the sense Of this
society that peach growers upon this Pc.
ninsula should Accept some covered pack
age that will meet hte demands of the
consumer bring more favorable returns
to the producer and relieve him of the
extra cost consequent TO the shipment OF
peaches i'm open packages that require
the special provisions herein indicated.
Mr. Kingston. in his address, said.
During the past season there were 62l
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
ventilated ears equipped with shelving
and the cost of so eQuipping these cars
was in excess of S25 per car or a total
cost of nearly $4,000 This does not in.
clude what ears might have earned had
they been available for shipments other
than peaches-in fact Il is impossible Il
accurately figure the cost TO the railroad
/ company. Since the establishment of aii
/ brakes on freight trains and fast SEIZED
ules, the uncovered top-heavy basket i.
about the poorest package that can b,
used for transportation of perishable
freight owing 10 it's liability TO upset
ting, thereby damaging the fruit A
package similar to the Georgia carrier Il
the ideal package for shipments o
peaches, as they can be easily HANDLED
and slowed and with much less expens,
TO both shippers and railroad company.
Last evening the hall was filed Will
ladies, TO honor the night. special seat
were reserved for them.
Horticulture was the attraction In
following named officers were elected 70
the ensuing year.
President, A. ~ Brown, Wyoming
Del; first vice-president. w. j. Dawson
ol Cambridge, Nd; vice-president for tn
counties, New Castle Del Or. j.
Black; Kent. Del, S. II. Derby. SUSSEX
Del, Charles Barker; Cecil. Md
George Biddle' Kent, Md. r. S. Emory
J Queen Annes. Nd, William b. Earle
Caroline, Nd. ]. W. Kerr; Talbot Nd
DR. Charles Lowndes. Dorchester. Md
James NJ. Andrews Wicomico. Md. W
i. Allen Worcester, Nd. II. c. Peters
Somerset Nd. j. W. Hall. Accoma,
Va, A. J. McMath Northampton. Va
Thomas r. Lindley Executive Commit
tee. Orlando Harrison. Berlin. a. y
} Brown, Wyoming; DIR. A. II. Neal,
& Newark
, The place selected for next years meeI
/ ing was Newark, the second Wednesda
in January.
The following committees were al
pointed: Transportation, James n. Shal
cross, Of Middletown. Del Senate
Charles Wright Of SeafQrd: Jerome 4
Davis, Goldsboro: to Promote Agricu
tural Extension Work. DR.. J. i. Blacl
, New Castle; J. 4. Shallcross, ]. ). Ha
l. ris, Still Pond Senator Charles Wrigl
4 and Charles NJ. Peters, of Wesley.