Smyrna times., 1905-12-27
FRUIT GROWERS TO MEET SOON.
Annual Meeting of the Peninsula Horticultural
Society at chestertOwn. Md.-JOseph. e.
Carter and W. 7. Massey to Speak.

ooSieiy al Snestert0Wn, md.-JOseph E.
carter and W. 7. Massey to Speak.
Ihe committee on programme for
the big convention of fruit growers to
he held in conjunction with the PEN
lnsuia Horticultural Society's annual
meeting at Chestertown on the 16, II
aud 18th of January has provided
list OF notable speakers and excellent
topics. This meeting of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society will be of more
than usual Importance, because of the
demonstrations to be made by manu-
facturers from all over the country
who have orchard, vineyard and gar
den machinery of all type to sell. Be-
sides that, the society has arranged
for display of fresh fruits surprising
anything yet attempted by the organ
lzation. The art of displaying. the
best products of the Delaware orchards
and vineyards of the Eastern shore in
mid-winter has only been recently
attained, and this year the society has
been materially aided by a cold stor-
age house in Philadelphia, to which
the almost ripe fruit was shipped DUR
ing the summer and fall mouths. The
program is as follows: Tuesday, JAN
uary 16-First session, 1.30 p. m.
Prayer, Rev. W. j.. White, Pastor
M. E. Church, Chestertown; Address
of Welcome, Hon. William W. Beck,
Chestertown; Response, Hon. j. W.
Kerr, Denton, Nd; Miscell ellaneous
Business; Presidents Annual Address,
Hon. James S. Harris, Stillpond, Md. !;
''Some Lessons from the Peach Or
chards of New jersey" DIR. G. F.
Warren, Horticulturist New Jersey
Experiment Station. Second Session,
Up. m. Music: ''Some Important In
sect Enemies of the Peach" Prof. A.
L.. Quintance, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture; "What Our Ag-
ricultural Colleges Teach and How
They Teach It." DIR. G. f. Warren.
illustrated with lantern slides. We'd
nesday, Jan. II, third session, 9 a. m
"Report on Peaches" Levi Cooch,
Cooch's Bridge, Del; 1.-The Insects of
the Year." Prof. T. B. Symons, State
Entomologist of Maryland; "Fungous
Diseases of Plants" Prof. F. D. Ches-
ter, Delaware Experiment Station;
"Controlling Insect and Plant Dis
eases with Dust and Liquid Sprays, y
Prof. G. P. Close, Horticulturist OF
Delaware Experiment Station. Fourth
session, . p. M, ''The Value of the
Soil Survey" Milton Whitney, U. S.
Department of Agriculture; "Apples
and Pear Culture" J. W. Kerr, Den
ton, Md; Pears" J. L. Soper, Mag
nolia, DEL; "Plum Culture" J. E
Carter, Smyrna, Del. Fifth session
Up. m Music; "Grapes," discussion
to be opened by W. t. Massey, Smyr
ma, Del. "Nut Culture" Hon. Georg'
Biddle, Elkton, Nd; "Small Fruits,
Prof w. H. Hutt. State Horticulturis
of Maryland; "How to Make a Fertil
Farm" speaker to be announced later
Thursday, sixth session, 9 a. m.-"As
paragus," Frank Cochran, Galena, Md
Vegetables and Market Gardening,
B. F. B. Woodall, Milford, Del.
"Fruit Packages and Implements,
George H. Niver, Wyoming, Del
''Some Requirements of Fruit Mar
kets," Prof. W. H. Hutt. Sevent
, session, 2 p. m. "Cold Storage c
Fruits" W. t. Robinson, Presiden
! American Warehouse Association
Philadelphia; produce Exchanges,
A. J. McMath, Onley. Va; "frani
portation," W. F. Allen, Salisbury
I Md; "New Fruits" Charles Wrigh
Seaford, Del. "How to Beautify th
Country Home." j. Otto Thilow, Phi
: adelphia. Eighth session, 7.3O p. m
, Music; ''The Flora and Other Fea
ures of the Yellowstone Park, Pug,
n Sound and Other Parts of Our Cour
Y try, illustrated with lantern slides
j. Otto Thilow.
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