Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-10-02
PROTUMHA ORCHARD
is A REVELATION
Mr.. Stewart Host to Large Number
of Friends Last Night.
MODELsPACKlNG HOUSE ... -.
THOROUGHLY INSPECTED

1HORUuGHLf lNSPEC | tU
Supper Served and After Dinner
Speeches Ring of Fruit Grower and
Industry in This county-Party Re
turns on Special Train After Spend
ing a Delightful Evenins-Nearly a
Hundred Present.
Nearly a hundred representative
business md professional men of Mar
tinsburg and fruit growers of the
county We're guests last evening of
Mr.. ]. William Stewart, at Protumna
orchard at Tablers station. Forty
to those who went up or the evening
train, while a score or more went up
in automobiles and many 9th IS from
the city and county drove
Mr.. Stewart had invited a large
number of persons interested in the
growing and packing of fruit to visit
his recently constructed packing house
and when they arrived there they
opened their eyes in wonder and
amazenent at the things that had
been accomplished. 1t was dark when
the party alhghted at the orchard
al, how
found macadam road with scarcely
any mud. AS they approached the
house they were attracted by the
brilliant lights and when tod that
they were electric, it da2zled them
They expected to find tallow dips or
something less modern than electrici-
ty.
Mr.. Stew art has erected the pack
ing house for facilitating the rapid
packing of apples, as a protection from
the weather for his packers and for
the accommodation OF his men. 1t Is a
large building with nwo floors. At
the entrance is commodious Office,
well fitted up and has maps of the
orchard, and photographs and draw
ings OF apparatus used in the care and
harvest of the fruit. To the right of
the Office is a sleeping apartment for
the men in charge. with all modern
conveniences. To THE lear is the
large packing room. The sides of this
room lift UP and form shed under
which wagons can be backed and the
loading done in the dry. In one cor
ner OF the building is the electric
light plant. This is equipped with a
large gasoline engine and dynamo,
which generates electricity enough to
light the buildings and grounds. To
the rear OF the large room is a cover
ed driveway and back of this is the
commissaTy and kitchen. On the sec
ond floor are the hunks. all furnished,
and accommodating sixty-five.
The house is the most complete of
its kind in this state and it is said
that there are few if any, as we'll
equipped in any Cif the apple growing
sections OF the United States. Be-
sides this house there il barge barn
and house for storing the spraying
and cultivating machinery and the
plant for making the spraying mix
lures.
After the guests had made a thor
.ough inspection of the premises and
enjoyed the early part of the even
ing in a sociable way, they sat down
packing room had been converted In
to a dining hall and the guests soon
put away the fried oysters, spring
chicken, cod ham, pickles and rye
bread that was set before them. There
was plenty OF good sweet cider and
other liquid refreshments not made
from apples. After this had been dis
posed of Col. Stuart w. Walker, as
toastmaster, arose and made very
felicitcus address to the guests pres
eent and spoke OF the great surprise
and revelation the place was to him
brought about by the energy of the
host. Others who were called upon
were d. W. Shaffer, Alex Clohan, A
C. Nadenbousch, H. III. Emmert and A.
3. Noll Mr.. Clohan spoke more par
ticularly, o. the growth of the apple
industry in this section. All the
speeches were full of praise for the
work done by the host and the speech
making ended with rousing cheer
for Mr.. Stewart and the work he 10
doing.
The large wagons used in the orch
ard were Drought out and the guests
taken hack to the railroad where q
special train met them and brought
them back to this city, arriving here
about quarter past eleven.
The trip was hugely enjoyed by all
and 1t will do much towards giving
the people OF this section better idea
of what the cultivation of fruit for
comm erciaI purposes means. There
will be more interest in the apple
show and carnival to ce held here in
Nove-nbe- and will be the means also
OF promoting the industry in this
county They all saw What could be