The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-10-19

wonderful peach on earth" and Judge
Fox, who has had years experience
with fruits, regards it >as a great &C
| QUESTION. He arranged with Mr..
| Hampton for some trees to be tried in
| Pennsylvania,
| The judge came to a halt when the
! brandies and wines were reached, for
! he was nonplussed how to judge with
out tasting, as the rules say: "Brandies
and wines must be in sealed and neatly
! labeled bottles'' The bottles were
| securely sealed, sure enough but q
cork screw was finally procured and
the corlIs were drawn, after which, by
| calling in the aid of competent by
! ISLANDERS, to give their opinion as to
! the age, taste and bouquet of the
| liquors, the same We're judged and the
/ ribbons awarded.
Cyrus r. Fox, by whom the awards
were made, has been an export fruit
| Judge" in Pennsylvania, New Jersey
Maryland, and Virginia. for more than
| twenty years. He has been the PO-
| miologist of the State of Pennsyl
vania since 1877, and Il member of the
| state Board of Agriculture for twenty
| five years. He is a life member of the
State Horticultural Association OF
! Pennsylvania, was its secretary for two
| years and chairman of the General
| Fruit Committee twenty years. He is
| also a member of the American Po-
biological Society From 1855 to 1872
he was manager of the CheSterWood
| Experimental Gardens in Lancaster
| county, Pennsylvania. In 1891 he was
elected a trustee of the Pennsylvania
| State COLLEGE and served until 1903.
| He was secretary of the BurkS county
| (Pa.) Agricultural and Horticultural
Society from January 1874, to jan
uary, 1902 (tWenty-seVen years.; was
"a IA
State Agricultural Society for a num-
Der of years. and has been secretary of
the Pennsylvania State Association of
Agricultural Societies since 1883.
Last year he was superintendent of
Horticulture for Pennsylvania at the
Saint Louis Exposition, and was elect
ed secretary Of the Worlds Fair Asso-
| citation of superintendent of Horti
culture. He has been the manager of
| the Great Roanoke Fair, of Roanoke,
| Va, for the past three years and was
| the "eXDert fruit Judge" at the Inter
state Fair, at Lynchburg, Va, in the
| first week in this month. He is a
writer on horticultural topics and
contributor to many journals, and for
fifteen years was a lecturer at Farm
er's Institutes in his native State. Mr.,
| Fox has come to North Carolina to
obtain information in regard to the
| fruits of this State. and his presence
amongst us cannot fail to result in
much good to the "Old Tar State
! Mr. Fox who, besides being a hor-
| ticulturalst and fair manager, is q
newspaper man, having been con-
nected with papers i'm Reading, Pa.
his native city, since 1872 when he
became city editor of the Reading
| Times, Il morning newspaper. He
remained with this paper for twenty
years, and later he became the editor
and business manager of the Reading
Daily Review, an afternoon news
paper. At present he is connected
with the Reading Herald, of which
his eldest son is NJ this time in charge.
He is the corresponding secretary of
the Pennsylvania State Editorial AS
ISOLATION, and was president Of it in
1902 He was one of the organizers
of ii in 1871, and of the National Ed
itorial Association at Cincinnati, in
1855; also of the International League
of Press Clubs at Pittsburg, in 1893.
He is an eX-presdent of the Reading
Press Club, of which he was, for a
number Of years, one of the directors.
While having been hOnored by his
fellow citizens in many ways, he has
never held a political office nor has
he aspired to one, bat he has helped
many friends to obtain office. He was
elected by the councils of his city to,
term the entire municipal debt was
refunded. He was also secretary of
the Board of Park Commissioners, of
the Board of Police Commissioners
and of the Water Board From 1891
"a S97 he was secretary of the Board
of Trade and increased the member
shin from 70 to 625. besides securing
ia number of neN industries for the city
and enlaretng others. In 1890 he
was one of the incorporators of the
Reading and Southwestern Railway
Company. was the first secretary and
afterwards a director and chairman
Of the executive committee for seven
years At one time he was a d'rec-
tor or officer in more than twenty
corporatiOns, ~ on account of the
burdensome duties involved. without
any salary being attached, he with
drew from the most Of them.