Evening journal., 1915-01-14

and placed on exhibition in their orig
inal packages. with the exception OF
broken packages.
Resolutions were adopted as fol-
lows:
Be il Resolved, That we, the PENN
sula Horticultural Society, offer our
sincere thanks TO the !. o. O. #. for
the use OF their lodge rooms as a
place of meeting; be il further
Resolved. That we thank the City
Club of the city Of Wilmington for
their kindness in placing their rooms at
our disposal as a place TO hold our even
ing meetings. BE IL further
Resolved, That we extend our thanks
to the Wilmington Chamber of Com.
merce for their efforts to promote the
success of this meeting, and be it further
Resolved, That we express our keen
appreciation to the retiring president,
Mr. f. II. Shallcross, and TO the execu-
tive committee for their unselfsh ef-
forts in making the arrangements for
and carrying out the details of this
meeting.
Eugene II. shallcross, the retiring pres
ident, was authorized TO name n COM
mitteo, OF which he will be chairman, 70
draft bill for presentation TO the Del
aware Legislature similar TO the New
York apple packing law. The executive
committee at meeting expressed its
disapProval of the shipping of diseased
fruit by growers.
II. d. Hemenway spoke on Beau
tlfying the Country" Professor Il.
N. Cory, Of College Park. Md, on
insect Control" II. A. Huston on
How to Raise More Fruit and Less
Wood" r. c. Stokes OF Moorestown.
N. j., on Good Seeds" and Professor
Thomas #. Manns, plant pathologist
at Delaware College, spoke on Fun
ges Diseases"
A plan Of having honorary and anna
teur classes at the annual exhibition.
was proposed and the details will be
worked out by the executive commit
tee.
In addition TO the awards announ-
ced yesterday Of the Horticultural
Society, S. II. Warren was awarded
first prize of $3.50 in the Danish bald
head cabbage class and first prize of
So on St. Lawrence white potatoes.
There Is an interesting exhibit i'm
the basement of Odd Fellows Hall,
where the home economies department
of the Women's College at Newark
has a display showing the food
values Of apples and corn. Miss Mgr
tie v Caudell, professor Of home eco
Monies Of the Womens College, has
charge of the exhibit The different
dainty food dishes that can be made
from this fruit and vegetable are
varied. This opportunity is given as
Miss Caudell has a number of mem
hers of the class at the college with
her, practical demonstration being
part Of the studies. The young wom-
en- who yesterday assisted Miss eau
dell were the Misses II. r. Brown.
Audrey Miller. Margaret Postles.
Margaret Wilson, Ethel Grieves.
Jeanne Underhill, Margaret Almond.
Emily Frazier and Alice Smedley. To-
day Miss Caudell will have the Misses
Isabelle Stott, Marion Campbell.
Eleanor Fader, Laura Shorb, Mar
garet Lun, A. Willim, Myrtle Steele,
Mildred Ferguson, Alice Wyatt and
Marjorie Dunn. Corn cakes, baked
apples, steamed cornmeal bread. ap-
pie cornmeal bread, apple snowballs
and dozen or more ways of making
dishes are being demonstrated and
the dishes exhibited.
The Judges in the State Corn Show
announced the following awards in Glass
L last night;
For the best 10 ears Of any variety
or color, from Delaware or any other
State, shelling the most grain by weight
First prize, Sl2 second, so; third, "a.
Winners were--First prize, j. C.
Cowgirl, Dover, with 10 pounds ounce
second, +. p. Williams, Middletown,
with 10 pounds even; third, j. r.
Brackin, Marshallton, with II pounds 8
ounces.