The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-29
Especial to The Times-Dispatcff.l

Winchester. Va, August 2s.-The
Virginia State Horticultural Society
held fruit-packing demonstration
here yesterday at the freight ware
road. which was attended by a large
gathering of owners of the commercial
apple and peach orchards of Frederick
county. The packing of barrels was
Demonstrated by A W. Drinkard. Jr..
of the Virginia Experiment Station of
Blacksburg, and the packing of apples
and peaches In boxes was explained
by w. w. Vincent. an expert packer,
who has had many years experience
in the famous Hood River Valley and
In the Florida orange groves. The ex-
pert demonstration urged the impor-
tanoe of the most careful sorting. grad
ing and packing of fruit, and insisted
that the top layer should represent the
entire contents of the barrel box or
basket. They said 1t was poor bust
ness policy to pack large and small
apples together, as the large ones
would not bring any more than the
smaller fruit when so packed.
The apple men of Winchester and
Frederick county are keeping in as
close touch with conditions through
out the country as are the buyers who
are now arriving every day to make
| The average crop in Virginia remains
as high as ii was six weeks ago
| about rs per cent, compared with ~
| per cent last year-and the condition
| of the fruit in this county is excellent.
| Local men say there Is no necessity Tor
| selling at this time, as prices are I'M
| proving every day. Some of the or
chards will be sold as the apples ap,
pear on the trees, and the picking anu am.
| packing will be done by the buyers;
but it is likely the vast majority OF me
fruit will be picked and packed by the
orchard owners, under the supervisor
of buyers. who will watch the WORK
of packing the fruit The finer quail
ity of red apples will probably sell for
! $3.50 to s3.75 a barrel on the cars
while the Newtown pippins viii com
mand between S425 and $3.50 a BARRE
on the cars 1t is expected ed, th ,i s oyer
| zoe. 900 barrels of apples VIII be SNIP
4 ped from Winchester and lmmedlatt
vicinity during the season
Professor j. b. Harry, venertblt
retired music master OF New Castle
. Pa. whose ancestors--the Harrys ant
schumanns-lived in and about Win
. chester for many years, has peer
spending the past week here gather
ing data from relatives and the cow \,
records in the hope of establishing NJ
| claim to 800 acres of land in the near
of the business section OF Baltlmore
which he says, is now valued at S4oU,
600. 900 His grandfather and the iat
ter's brother, whose names was schu
mann, leased the land about loo year
ago. sand the lease expires this RAJ
The apld music master, who Is now u
his eighty-third year, says his claim J
gilt-edged, and that there is no laV
TO keep him from getting possesslo
of the land Since he has been her
MANY people have come forward Wit
documents to show that they are fam
, lily connections of his, and intimat
they would be willing TO share IN tn
distribution OF the wealth. Professo
Harry says he expects 70 surprise. syn 3ni
, OF the occupants of the property I'M
fall by notifying them to vacate'
William Dennison twentY-one year
/; | old living at Gerardstown, mas pee
taken TO Martinsburg and held for tn
grand jury on the charge of attempt
ing to commit an assault upon floI
ence NJ. Miller the thirteen-year7oel
; daughter of Joseph A. Miller, or IN
: same neighborhood, while she was 9
a nennison made partial cohiess,sslol
! There is much feeling in the vlliag
/, over the alleged crime.
: Al the eighty second annual sessio
of the Evanselical Lutheran synod G
t Virginia. held at shepherdstown, "
J Va. a few DAYS ago, Rev. Or Geore
j S. Bowers, pastor OF Grace chureh;; /, $
Winchester was reelected presluer
: for another year, Rev, e, I. Folk 3 ).
q Middlehrook, Va. vlce-presidenti Re
g 4 p. r, Haucher, OF Stanton, va
t secretary and NJ. coffman, OF Wo t',S
i stock, VA, treasurer The report, !, sn ~
a }mittea by the various committed
= showed the work OF the synod to I
I IN In flourishing condition Fraterni
, greet ings We're conveyed from me iel
T n n synod by Rev. e beek,
I Mount Jackson. an ofiiciai VISITOR pm WI
Q EXPRESSED the hope that the uHe
{ NOT far distant when the three synoe