The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-12-06


The program for the 9Th annual meeting of
the Maryland State horticultural Society has
been distributed by the secretary, Prof A.
L. Quaintance, of College Park The ses-
sion will be held in Dushane Post Hall, Baftf-
more, Thursday and Friday, December Island
10. The society, although quite young, has
already been of much value in developing and
improving the horticultural conditioas Of the
State. Its membership during the past year
has increased to nearly $500, and melodies
the principal fruit and vegetable growers of
Maryland, as well as many in Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
Special efforts are being put forth to make
the forthcoming session the most successful
in the history OF the society. For the last two
months owners of orchards in various parts
of the State have been sending fruit to be
put in cold storage there until it is placed on
exhibition during the gathering ofthe society.
An Interesting collection of beneficial and
injurious insects and of the principal plant
diseases of the State has been prepared by
the officers of the State horticultural Depart
ment and will be displayed so that fruit grow
ers may see at close range their most i'm
portant friends and foes. Exhibits of fungi
cides, insecticides and spraying apparatus will
also be made, thus bringing together the pests
themselves and the most approved neans and
methods of their suppression. This feature
will no doubt prove of great yalue in view of
the increasing necessity for the control OF IN
sects and fungous growths in successful fruit
culture.
Owing to the great possibilities for success
full apple cultivation in Maryland consider
able part of one session will be devoted to a
discussion of the various problems connected
with the growing and handling of this crop.
The officers of this society have prevailed upon
Mr.. L. A. Goodman, of Kansas City, Mo-,
to attend and discuss Profitable Apple
Orcharding." Mr. Goodman is secretary of
the Missouri State Horticultural Society and
is fully conyersant with his subject, being
owner and manager of 1900 acre apple
orchard in the famous Ozark region.
The growing and handling of cantaloupes
will be discussed by w. F. Allen and E. A.
Pry, from the Eastern Shore and Blue Ridge
sections of the State, respectively. Both of
these gentlemen have found cantaloupe grow
ing quite profitable and will be able to give
much valuable information.
Prof. G. Herald Powell, of the Division of
Pomology, United States Department of
Agriculture, will tell of the Governments
experiments in the cold storage of Kieffer
pears and means of enlarging the Kieffer pear
market.
A most important feature OF the meeting
will be the discussion relative to peach grow
ing in Western Maryland and on the Eastern
Shore. The culture of the peach, as shown
by the last census, is on the decline, there
being decrease of34. 3per cent. in the mum
Der of trees in 1900 as compared with $780,
Many progressive growers are of the opinion
that this fruit must be grown on more in
tensive system than the so-called s'natural
method largely followed in the past.
The reports of the State Entomologst and
State Pathologist containing the results of
their inspections and experiments will offer
suggestions as to the most approved methods
of preventing the usually heavy losses from
insect pests and fungous diseases.