Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09
VALLEY OF VIRGINIA
States Greatest Exhibit of
Fruit in Winchester.
APPLES BEST THAT GROW
Winchester Complains Of B. & 0.
Passenger Services.
PLOT TO BLOW UP SEWERS
PLOT TO BLOW UP SEWERS
n c. Stuart Speaks at Horticul-
tural nvention-Looking for
Station Sites at Harrisonburg.
Ieclai Correspondence n III. >;As.

SPECIAL Correspondence II Th Siat.
WINCHESTER Va. January ) lol"
NirGinia.S greatest fruit exposition was
held in Winchester this week in connec
fiou with The fourteenth annual conven-
.ion Of The horticultural Society
The attendance included about 400 mem
s,erS and visitors from all sections of the
state. ard some from Maryland and West
Virginia together with experts from the
T-uitcd states Department OF Agriculture
al Washington.
PROT. II. r. Van Deman. formerly OF
that department. VINO is recognized as an
authority OH fruit standards, was judge
of the exposition. He says lie has never
found apples which stIrpass the Virginia
product for flavor and general quality.
Practically all Who delivered addresses
during the convention secuted the idea
that Virginia fruit growers are likely TO
lose money through overproduction of
apples in the United States, provided
they continued 10 maintain the high
standard Tire Agricultural Department
experts declared that the soil of Virginia
j. unusually We'll adapted 70 apple culture
and Tor flavor IS pre-eminent.
Highest Price Ever Paid.
Attention was called 10 the fact that
Newtown pippins grown near Winchester
were, according - report just made
by The American consul at Sheffield, Eng.
selling ii that section of England at s.
and s. i bushcI retail. the highest price
ever paid for pippins anywhere
Resolutions were passed pledging the
members Of the society to even greater
cooperation than during The past year
The Legislature Will he acquainted with
the full Importance of the industry and
asked tor more money with which to en-
ploy experts to supervise packing of
fruit in a way that ii will command the
highest market prices.
In order t. transact all business that
comes before the meetings it was decided
IL hold three-day conventions hereafter.
instead of only two days, and to hold
TWO meetings a year. The next meeting
will be held i'll Roanoke at time to be
decided upon shortly.
w W. Sproul Of Augusta county de-
ciined reelection as president. DR.. S. S.
tiuerrant of Galloway. Va. was elected
to succeed him.
Walter WhateIy of Crezet was elected
secretary for the eleventh year. T. w
Woollen Of Crozet. treasurer, and the
following vice presidents: III. c. Wysor
of Dublin, G. Purcell McCue of Green
wood. W. " Sproul of Augusta, Stew
arr Bell of Winchester. w. L. Hood of
Richmond and ]. l.. Moomaw of Clover
dale
B. & o. Service Complained Of.
The Winchester common council has
lodged protest against the passenger
train service furnished by the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad in the Shen-
andoah valley. The matter was brought
to their attention in d special message
from Mayor Baker. who found a train
50 greatly crowded q few days since
that people were compelled to stand liz
the aisles and on the platforms.
IL is expected the matter will be
brought to the attention of the corpora
ton commission. Many people who
were on their way to Washington mad
TO stand up until they boarded a MAIN
line train at HarperS Ferry.
Jonah Isaac HoilingSWorth member
of one Of the oldest families of Win
chester, died this week of pneumonia
contracted while driving across the
Blue Ridge mountains recently. He was
Seventy-Seyen years old and is survived
by two sisters, Misses Mary and Annie
tiollingsworth, who still live in the old
Hollingsworth house, built in 1874 by
their father 1t is one of the land
marks in the lower Shenandoah val
ley.
Plot to Blow Up Public Works