The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-26
FRUIT MEN
 FINISH WORK Horticultural Convention Comes to End. IA SUCCESSFUL MEETING Last Day Marked by Interest ing A d eSSeS. tiovernor Cuaninsham and Other speakers Made Happy Remarks. Fine Reports from Berry Growing in Conecuh.

The Alabama State Horticultural So- ciety yesterday morning closed the final session of it's second annual meeting. The intense interest that character ized the first days sessions did not lapse on the last day. Every member that gave his opinion of the meeting acknowledged that the education he had secured while in Montgomery was more valuable than he could have &C., quired by any other means. A few minutes before II o'clock, the Society adjourned to meet next year in Thorsby. Tn Thorsby many of the de- Alterations of the Society will be held in the prosperous orchards thereabouts. This is the practical feature put forth by champions of Thorsby, which. with their known hospitality, probably won the gathering for 1905.
 Membership Roll SweIled. The membership roll. according to Secretary R. s. Mackintosh. was swell ed to eighty-five or ninety during the meeting. The largest delegation from one county was from Conecuh. consist ing of the following: 3. H. von See- berg, J. J. Bridges G. A. Yates, W. D. Brown, Charles Tomiinson, J. P. Ken- dall, J. A. Linen, Frank Simmons. l.. S. Rhodes, c. s. Rabb, A. Ehanks and Paul Rose. Many members, after adjournment yesterday morning. joined the conven- tion of Int6&state Sugar Cane Growers. which opened Q few minutes before. Two Distinguished Speakers. pr. w. c. Stuhbs, Director of the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, opened the session yesterday morning with short address. He is In attendance on the Cane Growers As- l sociation.
 Dr. Stubbs spoke of Alabama as be- ing the greatest State for diversified farming in the Union. He was mind full of the original organization of the Horticultural Society and the great progress that has been made since. He called forth happy repiniscences of sixteen years of his life spent in Ala bama. beginning twenty years ago, re- calling the names and deeds of the leading AIabamians with whom he as- sociated with great pleasure, John Dymond, President of the Lou isiana Agricultural Society. spoke to the meeting briefly. He said he felt q little incompetent to speak on horti- culture as an authority, as he Is en. gagged in raising sugar cane almost ez- clusively.
 To bring before the people the scien- tific facts about horticulture Is one of the greatest things to be derived from an organization of the kind to which he was speaking. He paid high trib- ute to pr. W. c. Stubbs, formerly Pro- lessor of the Alabama Polytechnic In- stitute. and commended the increasing interest in horticulture in this State. Major Screws Speaks. Major W. W. Screws, Editor of The Advertiser, was called upon for Q speech and responded briefly. He was glad to see that by such meetings as those of the Horticultural Society the minds of agricuiturists were being turned away from cotton to diversified farming.
 Major Screws said he had often been approached by visitors to the State on the mineral resources which seem to be considered by some as the only re- sources of Alabama. To such inquiries he would reply by setting out some statistics of the agricultural regions of the State and particularly the Southern counties. Covington County has recently doubled its population on account of the agricultural and horti- cultural prosperity that has visited that section of late.
 Addressed by Governor.
 Hurrying from the convention of the Cane Growers to that of the horticul- turists in an adjacent hall of the build ing Acting Governor Cunningham made a short talk. He spoke as one having been reared in North Alabama He could not talk Ruthoritatively on scientific horticulture. he said, but somewhat on persimmons and other fruits common to tho hills of Northern Alabama. He believed in the inten- sive modification of the soil and en- tertained great hopes for the future of Alabama.
 The Auditing Committee reported that the financial condition of the So- ciety as presented by Treasurer Mack intosh on Tuesday was correct. show ing a balance of $13.10 to the credit of the Society.
 ResOIations Adopted.
 ChairmanAJ. H. McCary of Birming- ham of the Committee on Resolutions. reported as follows:
 ''Resolved that the convention now assembled urge the membership indi- vidually and collectively to use their best influence to secure from the Cow ernor. the Agricultural Department the members of the General Assembly an increase in the States appropria- tion to the State Board of Horticulture that the horticultural work may be carried on and prosecuted commensu- rate with the increased interest in truck farming and fruit growing and enable Alabama to furnish such pro- tection as Is given in other progress sive Southern States.
 Resolved, that the Governor be re- quested to have the Horticultural De- partment publish the proceedings of this convention in pamphlet form.
 Resolved that the thanks of this convention be extended to the Commer- cial and Industrial Association for the courtesy in extending the use of its rooms for our meeting and to the press of Montgomery and other parts of the State for liberal space devoted to writing up the notices of the meeting and of this Association and to the daily report of its proceedings. Also to the Rosemont Gardens for flowers to decorate the rooms during the meet ing.
 "J. H. Mccary. Chairman: John Craft. M. F. Mcfarland"
 The resolutions were adopted unani- mously.
 "Fake" Nursery Stock.
 D. c. Turnipseed of Flora gave his experience in being victimized by fake nursery agents. He had lost ss.000 on a recent purchase of trees bought by him from an agent who represented hrst-ciass varieties Of peach trees.
 "The Admiral Dewey" peach, he said, was one Of the ''triumphs" over MT. Turnipseed by the offers of agents who imposed on him.
 J. II. McCary, a prominent truck farmer of Birmingham. represented horticulture of the mineral section. He