The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-04-19
OF THE CARTER COUNTY FRUIT
AND TRUCK GROWERS.
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
over $4,000 Bearing Peach Trees Rep.
resented at the Meeting-sev-
eral Talks Made on Truck
Growing-Home Canning.

The Carter County Fruit and Truck
Growers Association met In regular
session last Friday aftcmon at .
o'clock and completed their orgauiza-
ton by the election Of the following
permanent officers:
President. Walter Colbert
Vice president W. +. Beard
Secretary Felix King
Corresponding Secretary, II. G..
Spaulding
Interesting remarks were made by
Col. Mullen, w r. Beard, 5. A. Apple,
Geo. Dyer. Clint Bum and others.
It developed that the members
present had $1,000 bearing peach
trees in their orchards, besides a
larger number which would not come
into bearing until another year. by
far the largest number Of the bearing
trees are OF the Elherta variety.
which, by the way, is variety in
good demand in the northern markets.
Many orchards are set out in mixed
varieties with view of determining
which variety will do best In this
section. There are also a large mum.
Der of apple trees in commercial
bearing this year and this number
will be largely augmented the coming
year, there being several hundred
acres set out in that desirable fruit
which are now one. two and three
years old
Few truckers were present at this
meeting MIR. Beard. who combines
trucking and fruit growing exhibited
can of tomatoes which he put up
three years ago. The can was open
ed, the juicy contents tasted and pro-
nounced eminently satisfactory. Mr..
Beard explained that any person
could put up tomatoes, and in fact
any vegetable or fruit. at a low cost
of labor and material. The larger
portion Of the apparatus could be
made at home, home labor could do
the work and he knew there would be
good demand for home made can
ned goods" His talk was along prac-
tlcal lines and was intensely inter
esting.
The subjects of packing and selling
was taken up and received wise at
tention.
Diseases, insect pests and the dread
/ San Jose scale were discussed as was
also the necessity of spraying. Those
present evinced a determination to
keep their orchards free from decay
by timely attention.
On motion of Col. Mullen fruit
growers throughout the county and
in the territory tributary to Ardmore,
were invited to send to the secretary
statements regarding acreage, num-
| ber of trees and varieties OF fruit
they will have for market this year.
This does not imply that this fruit
will all be shipped from Ardmore, but
1t does imply that such reports will
enable the manager OF the Associa.
tion TO secure cash markets by being
| able to represent what amount OF
fruit may be purchased in this imme
diate vicinity. 1t will also be a 5as!l
on which to calculate the mum YER O.
packages which the county will re-
quire. In the event the acreage Is
sufficient II will assist in the induc
ing of package factory to establish
plant at this point
II was the sense of the meeting
that regular sessions be held on each
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, and thar
all fruit growers be invited to at
tend and become members of the AS
sociation.
The following new names were ad
ded to the membership roll: Clintol
o, Bum, Felix J. King, ID. Pay7r
ID. A. Mostello, j. n. Shinholser, Wir
Franklin, S. a. Apple, NJ o. Bradford
L. y. Murdock, l.. +. Eddy, p. V. Tay
lor and ]. II. Kahn.