The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-25

 State Horticultural Society. that the State have a permanent fair associa- ton" was adopted. . .~E3
 Mir. Turnipseed's Paper.
 Not the least interesting of papers read at the afternoon session was one by D. c. Turnipsed, of Flora, on Selling fruit"
 MT. Turnipsed clearly set out the importance Of marketing the fruit when gathered. He Is one of the most successful and experienced orchardists crop of peaches gathered off less than 100 acres near Flora last year.
 The fruit, he said, should be shipped as soon after it was gathered as pos sible on account Of the perishable ma ture of it. He exposed the unsettled business methods of Alabama fruit growers in making their shipments and concluded that every grower should chose q commission merchant In ono of the greater distributing centers and deliver to him the fruit. If not satisfactory local market for the peaches etc., can be found in the city of the commission men, make arrange ments with the latter to nave the cars diverted to where 1t is known there is profitable market. MT. Turnipsed expressed the com plaint that fruit growers in this sec tion are often charged for refrlgerat- Ing cars in excess of known capacities. | This he proclaimed as a great injuS- 1 tice.
 In this connection, John Craft, a prominent banana shipper, of Mobile, suggested that the fruit people asso- ciate in a satisfactory way with the United Fruit Company which Is the largest corporation in the United States of it's kind, enjoying almost ideal transportation and refrlgerating facilities.
 "IntensIve HOrtIculture." Intensive Horticulture." ono of the greatest needs of Alabama growers, was in a few words discussed by M. c. Scott. the eXIsrienced horticultur- ist of Montgomery. He noted North Carolina, as the State of most lnteu> 1 sive farming.
 Intensive farming consists of culti- vation under glass or cloth cover, heavy fertilization of the soil and expensive l irrigation.
 The speaker said that Alabama Ia standing in the background In inten- | sive farming, but will soon find that i | is fully able to pursue intensive horti- culture at least.
 Mir Scott told of his we'll known suc- cess in growing English peas in Mont gomery County on the same soil in which are grown cabbages, Irish pota- | toes and cotton.
 Talks by Vice-PresIdents. The reports of three vice. presidents were next received, accompanied by short remarks. They were w. E. Mo | FarIand, of Florencei P. C. Smith, of Thorsby, and D. c. Turnipseed, of
 Flora.
 1 In the region about Florence eNperi- | ments have proven successful in grow | ing strawberries, but neither this nor any other line of horticulture had ad-
 vanced to a commercial stage as yet although in the future Mir. Mcfarland
 hoped that more interest would be
 taken in fruit growing and truck gardening.
 1 Fruit growers of Thorsby as repre- scented by MT. Smith, have made rapid strides since rhe last meeting of the Society. Sweet potatoes, besides peaches. are extensively grown there | Strawberries will be planted extensive ly this year and the market between i Cullman and Castleberry will be par ticularly sought
 ! MT. Turnipseed made q very gratify- ing report on the growth of horticulture l in the Third Congressional District, or around Flora and Union Springs He ] told of the high quality of peaches grown in his vicinity, including the fol- lowing varieties. Carmen, Belle of Georgia, Elberta, Emma and Matthews
 Beauty. Indianapolis is the principal market for peaches from the Third
 District.
 Women in Convention.
 Mrs. J. Hard, of Bessemer, and Mir
 Tapping of Troy, closed the program
 of the afternoon on "Raspberries' and
 Trout Packing" respectively