Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1905-01-10
H0RTICULTURIsTS'
ANNUAL SESSION
Prominent Growers Will At.
tend Next Weeks Meet
ing at Seaford
THE PROGRAM AS ARRANGED

Special to The Evening Journal.
Dover, Jan. Observation-Disclosures from
all over the Peninsula are preparing for
the eighteenth annual session of the
Peninsula Horticultural Society, which
is to be held in Seaford on january II.
Is and 10. There will be an excellent
display of fruits and vegetables, the
best grown on this fertile Peninsula.
and a fine program has been arranged
for the three days session. At the
opening session the Rev. J. w. Balder-
ston, Of Seaford. will make the opening
prayer, and the address of welcome
will be delivered by Professor A. c.
Brewer, of seaford. Captain r. S. Em-
DRY, Of -Chestertown, will make the re-
sponse At the session President
/ Charles Wright, of Seaford, will make
his annual address. Z. c. Bancroft, OF
| Wyoming, VIII make an address on
"Up-to-D Apple Growing on the
/ Peninsula" ]. a. Harris, of Still Pond.
! Md. on Pear Culture" and John
Heyd. of FELTON,. on "The Present, Past
and Future of Peach Culture"
On Tuesday evening an address WIN
be delivered by S. II. Fulton, of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture, on Improved Methods of Hand
ling Eastern Grown Fruits" ]. Otto
ThilOw, OF Philadelphia, on Vegetables
and Their Proper Selection" Walter +.
/ Massey of Smyrna, on Growing Jap
! anese Plums," and discussion on
"Plums"
! On Wednesday morning the papers
and addresses will be as follows: Nut
Culture as a Side Issue" by J. w Kill
! len, FELTON,; Tree Breeding and Tree
/ Growing" Orlando Harrison, Berlin,
Md; Thoroughbred Trees From the
Fruit Growers Viewpoint" S. II.
Derby. Woodside; THE Growth OF
Crimson Clover" Professor c. L. PEN
ny, Newark; The New Horticulture"
w. M. Skillman, president OF the New
Jersey Horticultural Society. and How
1 Grow Grapes at a Profit" Joseph K.
Carter, of Smyrna.
! Wednesday afternoons program will
include the following: THE Ups and
Downs of Small Fruit Culture" A. ".
/ Slaymaker, Camden; THE Ideal
! Strawberry Patch" w. +. Allen, Sails
bury; Some Observations on Craft
ing" Professor f. A. Waugh. Amherst,
Mass; Seed Sowing for the Amateur"
]. Otto Thilow. Philadelphia: Use and
Abuse of Chemical Fertilizers" w. G.
ing.
II. W. Collingwood. editor of the Ru-
raj New Yorker, win deliver an address
Wednesday evening on 1.-The Editors
View" Professor +. A Waugh, of
Amherst, Mass, on Horticultural Ed
ueation;" DR.. G. A. Harter, president
of Delaware College, on What Della
ware College Can DO for Horticulture, ="
and Dr. A. T. Neale, of Newark, on
The Relation of the Experiment sta
ton to the Fruit Grower"
On Thursday morning Professor J.
b. S. Norton, of College Park, Md, will
speak on PLANT Pathology for the
Year, and the ether speakers will be
! Professor c. O. -HoughtOn, of Newark,
on Insects of the Yearyy Professor c.
p. Close, of Newark. on The Kerosene
Limoid Mixtures" A. n. Brown, Wy
oming. on "A Modern Spraying Out
fit" w. NJ. Dickson, Woodside, on
! Packages and Implements" Charles
Barker, Milford. on How Shall Our
Fruits be Marketed?r
The last session. on Thursday after
noon, will also be full of interest. when
the following subjects will be discuss
ed: Farm Produce From the Farm to
| the Consumer" II. w. Collingwood
] New York; Increase in White Potato
CROWN" J. w Hall, Marion Md. The
Sweet Potato" John j. Rosa, Milford:
Success in Growing Asparagus" II. T.
Shallcross, Middletown; Report on
! Transportation" ]. A. Davis. Colds
boro. Md; Horticulture" Mrs. ]. w.
Dawson, Cambridge; Growing Our
Own Fertilizers" c. G. Brown, Wyom-
Killen, FELTON,.
The officers of the society are: Pres
ident, Charles Wright. Seaford; vice
president, jerome A. Davis Goldsboro,
Nd: secretary and treasurer, Wesley
Webb. Dover; presidents for the
counties, New Castle. Dr.. ]. j. Black,
New Castle; Kent, S. II. Derby, Wood
side; Sussex, Charles Barker. Milford;
Cecil. George Biddle, Elkton; Kent.
Captain r. S. Emory. Chestertown;
Queen Anne, w. Irving Walker, Mil
hngton; Caroline, ]. w. Kerr, Denton;
Talbot. DR.. Charles Lowndes, Easton;
Dorchester. James NJ. Andrews. Hur-
lock; Wicomico, w. f. Allen. Salisbury;
Worcester. r. c. Peters. Ironshire;
Somerset, J. w. Hall. Marion; Accomac.
A. J. McMath, Onley; Northampton,
Thomas f. Lindley, Eastvile; execu-
tive committee. Charles Wright. Sea-
ford; Jerome A. Davis, Goldsboro; w.
G. Dawson. Cambridge; DR.. A. T..
Neale. Newark; Orlando Harrison, Ber-
hin.