The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-03-25

community and we feel doubly CRATE
full to you and trust the efforts being
put forth may bear fruit in abund-
ance along the lines of your united
effort. We trust that you will enjoy
your visit here, and when you leave
our town, carry with you pleasant
memories of your visit here, and a
desire to return at some future time
when the opportunity might present
itself to you"
Prof. H. A. Surface Responds.
Prof. H. A. Surface, of Harris
burg, gave the response, saying in
part: I" 1t indeed affords me a great
pleasure to respond to this welcome
address delivered by your chief bur-
CESS. l am we'll informed through
my efficient representative, w. H.
| Bullock, and H. G. jackson, of your
county, who is now down at Harris
! burg and who is also on the Agricul-
ture committee, which division of the
State is doing good work to mankind.
l have been about ten years in this
kind of work and must say that it is
to one of your townsmen, Hon. e. B.
Hardenburg, that l am greatly obli-
gated to. He did more for me while
down at Harrisburg than any man 1
know of. l am very sorry that l left
it so late before coming to this place,
but as my time is almost entirely
taken up, except Sunday, l found it
impossible to come. l have received
many letters from individuals but 1
could not come only upon invitation
from an organization; that's why 1
am here. Hull Bros. of Waymart, who
have become famous as growers and
are known all over, know what you
are doing. 1 was especially impress
ed with that part OF horticulture in
! the address of your burgess when
he said it was the purpose to make
two roses grow where one had form
erly grown. My running mate, Mr..
| Lewis, is the greatest fruit grower in
the world. He sold last year at the
greatest profit of any grower in the
world. We hear about the Western
fruit as may be crowded out. West
ern fruit is no comparison whatever
with Eastern grown fruit. Eastern
fruit will bring $S per bushel in the
West. Compare that with even SO
per bushel. The Western fruit is
magnificent in size and color, but
when eaten they have no
flavor. We have the flavor in Wayne
county apples, also color, size and
beauty. The Western man can never
compare his product with the East
ern grown fruit. Out there they
spray seven times a year for the
codling moth. Many Eastern or
chardists spray once or twice and
others don't spray at all. Get to-
! gether, organize, cooperate. l will
be pleased to give what information
l can to assist you. l take special
pleasure in answering this address
of welcome"
Lewis Big Apple Raiser.
Temporary Chairman Daniel Hull,
in few appropriate words then in
troduced his friend and co-worker in
the fruit growing business, w. j..
Lewis, of Pittston. Mr.. Lewis gave
an interesting talk upon the Value
of Organization" He said he was
not a speaker, but an ordinary fruit
grower. He welcomed the ladies',
stating we would have never sue
ceeded like we have but for the
women. He said he wished to speak
of two things connected with the
business and they are, buying and
selling. We know in order to pro-
duce good fruit that we must get
down and dig and study and secure
our information from every source
possible. All information differs, it
depends largely upon the soil, eli
matte conditions and altitude. An
association of this kind can be great
ly benefited. Two farmers sitting
down and discussing subjects can't
help but receive some benefit from
their conversation. You can learn
better business methods in a society
like this. Have an annual show.
Choose place where you can bring
in your best grown fruit and COM
pare it with the other fellows. If
the other fellow wins out ahead of
you, you will necessarily brush up
in another year. 1t will be good for
both of you. Buyers of apples are
just as anxious to buy fruit raised in
Wayne county as you are to sell it.
In starting an association someone
has inquired as to who shall become
members. If you have such men as
your burgess, the judge that presides
over this court, and others equally as
good, take them in by all means. You
can increase the product of acreage
from $50 to $40 per acre to $4,000.
Man is consuming fruit more extern
sively now than ever before. The
man who eats apples is never a hard
drinker. Consumers are just begin
ming to realize that fruit is a good
food. 1t is healthful. The more ap-
pies that are eaten the healthier the
community. We have successful
fruit growers association in Luzerne
county and hope you will have one in
Wayne county. They have organiza-
tions of this kind in Columbia, Lu-
zerne, Susquehanna, Wyoming and
Lackawanna counties, and now
Wayne county is interested. I hope
that these countries will get togeth-
er and organize the Northeastern
Pennsylvania Fruit Growers Asso-
citation.
Surface Urges Cooperation.
, The chairman then introduced
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