The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-05
Virginia Fruit-Growers
to Assemble in Hill CITY
inAnnualC Convention.
HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY OF STATE
SPLENDID Fruit Exhibition Feat
ure of Seventeenth Annual
Meeting-Lynchburg's Cham
Der of Commerce to Act as
Host-History Of Society.
Aims and Objects.

The apple growers OF VIZ M
the peach raisers and the iru't 80
vators generally win be IN 49,.
IN Lynchburg this week go neoo =.
,,orning at 10 o'clock the
S,ate Horticultural Society WIZ =.
i,s seventeenth annual cohse's
-. cav Auditorium. at which nouf
I'M ,,Sa,, UiIIian A. Pratt. OF staun-
90, will cali the body TO ordef.
a,sr nv one OF the local ministers.
yIIliam King. Jr. the president -,
~ IvnchburR Board OF Aldermen wiz
slcome the fruit growers 10 thres
-. .otourn In the Hill cry anu
-, over to them the Keys OF .ne
,own DR.. 6. s. Guerrant. OF ran -,
County one of the yice-preslueH'4'
,-a.,on6 70 the address OF welco'ne' -"
,hev do say he Is as good at spe,.
s-.ktnr az he is at growing aPP-N-
p-a,ident Pratt and the veteran ser
-. walter whately, will then reSu
.rair annual reports. after "hi0h "a
s,.irers Of the society VIII proSeeo -,
- The convention VIII
eoornne through Thursday and frioas ;
.here being morning. aiterno"" a-
night sessions each Gay
xr,h,,a the coryentio IS In session
"a On fact all the tine onrins '"e
80. davs the society VIII be ha'i"e
emit EXHIBIT and a commercial %
,ths, which will be In one OF 'he i"'
.,shouses Of Lynchburs- Aiter
.,dges have decided who are the w
n.rs os the many premiums
mis- exhibit will be opened 20 'he
ga a great fruit show IL Wal pc
IL c,ern,er. of Middlebrook. is inc
.s--.,or =, the exhibit. and he VIII DC
..s.+sa bv the local committee OF the
.,nu-r Chamber % Commefee
,r-,t, r. Brown. chairman T. n
y.vaeld. secretary. and h
Terry .r,,,, exhibit
- week ago and II RECORD
h-..king entry Ali the ciasses o ,,-.
soc,etv. as well as long hst
,o,rns offered BY the city OF
hh,-q as well as the orcnafois's
,,.rIv companies. are well nlIeo-
rn.-hrr Of Commerce Is Host.
m. Yort;c1lural Society viii De 'ne
~,a.,s of the Lynchburg Cnamo y.
Commerce during the weeh' an
o-gantzafion. with John +
- president. at the hesu'
.,-ouxh its committees, maui =.
@-u,t growers a good time anu ~
1ber a profitable consehtIo- ,s
oi,,ee on local arrangements
sd NJ p. :. Terry. chairman T.
- xa,-aeld. secretary. and u. u. Au
NJ Henkle. p. L ONeN' r; -
&,"s.,n 7 NJ. Dulany. J. Z ware
Ui,r Jr and T. T. Watts
- 80, the information in the hahos
~ secretaries OF the socie'y anu
- IUnchburg Chamber OF 'oiii,'ieN
l.. =. safe TO say the seNen'eeh'i
- ,nee,inx will be the larSest '"1
-t.,v.has ever held. and judeihs - On
80. ,ru,,s already IN hand ior emu,
80, and the spraying apparatus 81"
or~bard machinery alreaoy re-
.s the fruit and commercial eA-
S.A,,. IN the warehouse Will oe
o. the largest and most a''i ao1..
,ru.s of IN the seNehtee"
i,fs OF the organization
History of the Orgsnisst"n-
The Virginia state hor'i0 :,
-,.,v was first organized A,
Meeting of fruitg rovers IN CnAi
vine in 1897, which mao peeh ~
.,.xc,ss the best means ID cneck the
10 =, The san Jose scale. which
- -ercntly made It's appearance ~
-, section. The idea I'm the oesin
- us that an organized enort De
- 70 check thes pread OF the pest
po,ore III. meeting closed the iues.
- enlarged TO the newly orsahl@eu
$50 having for Its objects the gen
81 Improvement OF horticulture d"u
~ aevcIopment OF the fruit inoust'
So. The membership was
- about forty. Beyond the mem
,.s~~hin fee OF 81 annually. the society
"a no income. and the first annual re
- was printed by means OF the &C
,-o~,,sernents paid for Insertion In its
outside pages. and was but s"eA
,.L1c, This was in 1897. ana ioi
,brse years 1t struggled along on th'
fircs laid down. with only this slenoei
ir,.onc. Ia 1900 u was reofgani1eo
nd Incorporated b. act OF the Legs
Isture. which also gave $500 to"aros
tsc expense OF printing and Issuing tn'
anuusl report -. -
...d Is TO aid the orchardists &
-, = better class % fruit. TO psch
=. sr,sis better and finally to estao
- better market for this bettci
-. Therefore. the work Of the 60
..l,,, can be divided in the two genera
-. educating and ADVERTISING
Along Edursffcssi Lives
-. cducationai work - divided Int
Q - General classes. the annual meet
- n the society. at which experts
- ,bcir line are secured TO lecture
-, nd discuss the ieading problems
-o,rrontins the fruit growers. such -
,,r.,,on Of an orchard. most suitabi'
vs~ict,es. preparation OF the land
,ncssoJ OF planting. prrnins. and gen
.ral care Of the ysuns growing or
chsrd etc. Later IN the year sprs,
csIepSar Is issued giving the prope'
Zine and most approved spray mix
,,re 20 use In combating the insect
ana fungus enemies Of the fruit grow.
- raser several briletirs are issued
previous to harvesting time. giving -
tiuated crop yields In the prime pa
Sru,,- growing states. Moving packing
-,- = r~Id IN the principal fruit