Evening journal., 1911-12-13
FRUIT GROWERS
PLAN MEETING
Peninsula Horticulture Society
Meets at POCOmOke City
Next Month
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del. Dec. 13.-The Penin-
sula Horticultural Society embracing
In its membership the people of three
states and the fourteen counties of the
Peninsula, will meet next month at
Pocomoke City, Md.
The president and executive COM
mittee has completed the program for
this interesting event, for the advance
ment of which two states appropriate
money Scientists of the United States,
publicists, horticulturists and sue
cessful farmers as well as railroad
men are on the interesting program.
The people of Pocomoke City are
preparing to entertain the delegates
with a rousing reception and a fund
for the purpose is already being raised
in the Maryland town.
The program, summarized, is as
follows;
Tuesday afternoon, 2 oclock-Call
to order by President Frank +. Mat
thews; prayer; address of welcome f;
response, S. H. Derby. Woodside, Del. (;
report Of secretary treasurer; annual
address OF the president Frank r.
Matthews, Pocomoke, Md; The Peach,
George A. HILL Bridgeville, Del. Ap-
Pile Culture on the Peninsula, Walter
B. Harris, Worton, Md; More Public
ity For the Eastern Apple, Leigh
Mitchell Hodgess, Philadelphia. Pa.
Evening Session, 7.3O o'clock
Music; address on education, Profess
sor w. R. Sylvester. president Mary
land Agricultural College; Orchard
Products of the Peninsula. Orlando
Harrison, Berlin, Md; Control of
Fungus Diseases and Insect Pests
Professor ]. b. S. Marion and Profess
sor T. b. Symons, College Park, Md.
Recent Work to Secure Perfect Or
chard Fruit, lantern slide lecture, Pro-
fessor w. NJ. Scott. U. S. Department
of Agriculture; Orchard Methods East
and West, lantern slide lecture, G.. r.
Cushman, Baltimore, Md
Wednesday Morning, 8 oclock-Nut
Culture. Professor c. P. Close, L. S
Department of Agriculture; Pear Cul-
ture, ]. T. Shallcross. Jr., Middletown
Del; Small Fruits, o. A. Newton
Bridgeville Del; Report on Market
Gardening, Z. c. Johnson. Newark
Del; Home Mixing Of Fertilizers, H
T. Dumont. Philadelphia, Pa.
Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock-Ad-
dress, DR.. r.. S. Hill, Director of
Farmers Institutes of Maryland; To-
matoes for the Canning Factory, Pro-
fessor c. A. McCue, Horticulturist
Delaware Experiment Station; Pota-
toes as a Truck Crop, Professor T. G.
Johnson, Director Virginia Truck Ex-
pertinent Station; Report on Sweet
Potatoes, w. L. Elzey. Exmere. Va.
Sweet Potatoes as a Commercial Crop
Professor NJ. B. Waite L. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Evening Session, 730 o'clock
Music; Trucking in the Norfolk Re.
gion. lantern slide lecture, Professor
T. c. Johnson; Eastern Horticulture
lantern slide lecture, Professor r. L
Watts, Horticulturist, State College
Pa; reception and banquet given b,
Pocomoke City Board of Trade.
Thursday Morning. 9 o'clock-Grow
ing Onions For Market, w. r. Beat
tie, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Cantaloupes and Cucumbers, w. +
Allen, Salisbury, Md; Leguminoui
Crops in Trucking. Professor A. Z
Grantham. Agronomist, Delaware Elk
pertinent Station; The Work of thu
Pennsylvania Railroad Demonstration
Farm, H. S. Lippihcott, Bacon, Del.
Afternoon Session. 2 o'clock-Ad
dress, j. w. Kerr. Denton, Md; Pro
duce Exchanges. addresses by Harr!
Merrill, Pocomoke. Md, Ebe Walter
Dover, Del, A. ]. McMath, Onley, Va.
report Of committee on transportation