Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1905-01-21
TO PROTECT TREt BUYERS
Horticultural Society q Recon-
mend Bills to / legislature.
AfTtR HE STATs NtfTlNC
Local Society Wants Fruit Growers
Of West Virginia to Meet in
This City N .xt Fall.

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The Berkelev Comfy horticultural
society held meeting in the court
house last Saturday for The pn pose Of
is~ussing = bill which il is DR. posed
to have introduced at the present ses-
sion of the Legislature, and which is
designed for the better protection of
the fruit growers of this state
Fruit growers and ho,ticultu lists
generally COMPLAIN Of certain tricks
OF the trade which frequently result
in dishonest agents foisting upon the
buyer diseased OF inferior trees and
plants, and This is one of the things it
is proposed to penalizs. Other dis.
honest practices also come within the
scope Of the proposed bill end its
passage. it is believed. will operate to
the benefit of tue growers of the
state.
The state society is back of the
measure. and when it has beeh fully
discussed and its different provisions
agreed upon. it will be submitted to
the solons at Charleston.
An effort will be madefo secure the
next meeting of the West Virginia
horticultural society for Martinsburg,
and vigorous efforts will be mace by
Berkeley county to get the society to
select this city.
STATE MEETING.
The annual meetingsof the West Vir.
ginia Horticultural society, of which
Postmaster Clohan. of this city, is
president. will be held at Charleston
on January 1928. 1905, and it prom.
Uses to be tbs best meeting the society
ever held. At that time the list of
awards made at the st. Louis exposi.
ton will be mades pubic, and there
will also..be on exhibition great
quantity of the fruit shown at st.
Louis by West Virginia exhibitors.
All fruit growers are urged to be pres
ent, and to bring fruit and vegetables
for exhibition.
BERKELEY WINS MEDALS
The program has been published for
the meeting of the West Virginia Hor.
ticultural society, which will be held
at Charleston on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week. Among
those from this section of the state
who will be heard Cd subjects OF in.
terest to fruit growers are Mr.. Alex
Clohan, president of the society, who
Will deliver his annual address and
take part in the general discussions !;
other subjects will be:
By Charles Miller, Gerrardstown-
The six most promisingsvarieties of
apples for West Virginia.
BY H. W Miller, of Paw Paw
Peach growing in West Virginia.
Bv II. l.. Smith. Martinsburg--
Fruit packing and packagesias seen at
the st. Louis exposition.
BY H. Q. Thatcher, d. Gold. Miller
and J. T. Catrow-Short talks on the
needs of the society.
Following the program will come
the appointment and reports of con-
mittees. after which the election of
officers will be held. 1t is confidently
predicted that Mr.. Clohan will again
be chosen president of the society
without opposition. as his work in
that office has been of the most salts
factory character.
An exhibition of fruits aud other hor-
ticultural products will be- a special
feature of the meeting. A large
quantity of apples and other fruits is
already in cold storage awaiting the
meeting. among them being barrel
of Winesaps of the crop of 1908 from
the orchards of Mr.. II. l.. Smith, near
here. as we'll as Berkeley county Ben
Davis apples and Hancock county
Willo~-twigs of the same years crop.
all Of which were shown at st. Louis
and which are still in a excellent state
of preservation.
One of the features of especial in
terest to Berkeley county growers will
be the announcement of the awards
made at the st, Louis fair. A letter
to Mr.. CIohan from Mr.. S. W. Moore.
who had charge of the fruit exhibit,
says that several gold medals were
won by Berkeley county fruit. but
that the names of the successful ex-
hibitors will not be made public until
the meeting next week.
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