Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-10
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President of State HorticuI-
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New Brunswick, Dec. 10.-"Jersey
is Just beginning to realize her oppor-
tunities," said Joseph Barton, of
Marlton. president of the New Jersey
State Horticultural Society in his an
nual report at the state convention
which opened in the Ballantine gym
nasium here yesterday afternoon.
I'VE can grow as good fruit right
here in New Jersey as any where in
the union and with u great market
right at our door. the possibilities
of fruit culture here are most en-
c~ouraging." This observation fol-
lowed his commend upon the fine ev-
hibition of apples made at the Ma
tional Land and Irrigation exhibition
recently held in New York city, the
display having been gathered by
Lemuel Black and John Barclay. 1t
was shipped here from New York and
has been much admired by the dele
gates at the convention.
This year we have secured a SUBJ
stantial increase in our a%ppropria-
ton which has made it possible for
US to do more and better work" con-
tinued Mr.. Barton. THE central
thought in our increased activities
should be to make this society a
truly state wide organization. There
are fruit interests representing whole
communities, which are barely rec
ognized because we are scarcely cogr
infant of them. There is the small
district around Hammonton and Bile
Anchor. Raspberries are their best
crop and they are threatened with
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, diseases and yet our program scarce
ly contains a word or this subject. 1t
is our duty to help them and would
strongly desire the recommendation
made by our ex-president last year
that we have a county officer in every
county through whom our officers
could keep in touch with the needs OF
the whole state. The more frequent
sending delegates to sister societies
would be beneficial.
Reports of the various committees
were made as follows: Fruit by Lem
uel Black. Hightstown; flower by
Lester C. Lovette, Little Silver: spe-
cial fruit and flower, Elias S.. Black,
Little Silver; legislative committee,
George E. DeCamp, Roseland. The
committees appointed were as fol-
lows:
Nominations-Elias S. Black, Lit
tie Silver; Lemuel Black, Rights
town; Horace Roberts, Moorestown;
Justus w. Dobbins, Freehold;
Charles d. Barton. Marlton.
Presidents address-A. G. Nc
Lean, Eatontown; J. w. Dobbins, c.
C. Haines. Moorestown.
Reception Committee &C. #. s..
Stanger, Glassboro; E. S. Black, Her
man Tice, Westwood.
New ENTHUSIASTICALLY Moon,
Bucks county, Pa, Howard DeCou,
M~erchantville.
Judges Flowers-Lester e. LoVett,
C. i. Andrews, Moorestown.
Fruit-Senior class in horticulture
, at Short Course college.
At last nights session DR.. Melville
T. Cook, state plant pathologist, and
DR.. Thomas J. Headlee, state ento-
mologist, gave an illustrated lecture
en- the diseases of fruits showing how
jthey could be spread by moths, but
,terflies, etc. Prof. M. A. Blake lead
the discussion after the addresses.
In addition to the fruit exhibit
there is a display of flowers grown at
the state experiment station here.
This morning DR.. w. H. S. Dema-
rest, of Rutgers college, welcomed
the guests and addresses were made
by w. j. Lewis. of Pittston, Pa, on
Business Methods in growing and
marketing fruit; C. E. Thurston, Of
New York, on Auction Sales of Fruit,
and w. H. Parkhurst of Hammonton
on Diseases of Peach Trees. The con-
vention closes tomorrow afternoon.