Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-11-13
Elwell. W. va. Nov. 1. 1919


To the Fruit and Truck Growers Of
West Virginia, aud all others who
may be Interested
The Seventeenth Annual Meeting OF
the West Virginia STATE Horticultural
| Society will be held IN Keyser. Min.
eral County, November IS to "a, to
which every one Is cordially invited.
The State Forestry Association will
hold its meeting the cath, at the same
place, and you will find warm well
come awaiting you.
Now every fruit and truck grower
in the success OF the horticultural
meeting; not only as the means of
developement OF one of the greatest
industries in the State, but they
should be there to hear the discus
sions along the various lines OF horti-
culture, and ask questions az well as
to take part in solving come of the
many problems that confront the
growers of our state. That West Wiz.
einia has a great future along these
lines none Will deny. That West Vlr-
ginia offers to the growers one of the
best home markets in the country Is
/ acknowledged by all.
Although this has been rather an
off year with many OF our orchards.
we expect TO be able TO cover our
tables with the best fruits that have
been shown In the history OF the So
ciety.
When you xamine he accompany
ing program and fine such men as
partment at Washington: Prof. r. L..
Watts, OF Pennsylvania State College.
and last but by no means least, DR..
Written, OF Missouri Agricultural Col
lege, you will believe US when we say
we are prepared ito show you"
The following are among the sub
! jects to be discussed: Peach Vel
lows" by Director j. II. Stewart, Mr..
H. W. Miller, Mr.. Geo. r. Leather
Cnan and others; THE Relation OF
Nurseryman to Fruit Growers. by Mr.
Orlando Harrison; THE Relation Of
Fruitgrower to Nurseryman,' by Mr.
Alex Clohan; Truck Growing in West
Virginia" by Director J. II. Stewart,
and Market Gardening. by Prof. II. L.
Watts, OF the Pennsylvania State Col
lege. The subject OF Spraying will
be discussed by Prof. J. G. Written,
OF the Missouri Agricultural College.
Prof II. C. Corbett will speak upon
Horticulture as Life Work" Prof.
Corbett was formerly Horticulturist
of our State Experiment Station and
was identified with the o ganization of
our society. His address will be of
special value TO the young men who
are debating as to what line OF work
they VIII make their life work. Mr.. III.
s. vandervort will present a paper on
Small Fruit Growing" Mr.. S. II. Full
ton. OF Speepy Creek, will discuss the
'tSelf-Boiled Lme-Sulphur Wash as
spray for Peach Trees" and Mr..
Brooks will tell of Results of Some
Recent Experiments In Spraying 10
Control Insects That Attack Apples
iutiG Will UC o. otiiCS VI 9GiiCdi
Fruit Talks on Planting" by q. p. Co
hill; Pruning" by President S. w.
Moore; Cultivation by Mr.. G.. G.
Starcher; Spraying" by ID. Gold Mil
Ter, and Harvesting and Marketing
by MIR. FL l.. Smith. These men know
VIII ~eof they speak, and an oppontun-
ity will be given for you to question
each speaker This outline of the pro-
pram is given so that you may have
your questions ready. Make them
brief and to the point and let's have
lots of them. They serve admirably
to bring out the gist OF the matters
under discussion.
Come prepared to show and be
shown.
Yours raonactffIIv