Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-28
THREE DAYS TRIP IN IOWA AND
NEBRASKA NOVEL FEATURE
OF HORTICULTURE.
PICNIC DINNERS FOR
THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE
Orchards Of Southwest Iowa and
Southern Nebraska to Be Inspected
Itinerary includes Stops at Large
Greenhouses and Model Orchards Of
Two States.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 2S-The three day
inspection trip of orchards and frui,
farms in southwestern Iowa and south
eastern Nebraska as planned for Aug
,, and promises to be we'll attended
1t is one of the most unique trips yet
planned by any of the promoters OF
better horticulture.
Wesley Greene, secretary Of the Iowa
Horticultural Society," is today sending
out 1000 letters to members Of the
Iowa society explaining th- trip, which
has been worked out more in detail
than when the preliminary announce
ment was made short time ago.
The horticultural field days, as they
are called, have been arranged thru the
Bluffs Grape Growers Association,
Southwestern Iowa Horticultural So
ciety, Nebraska State horticultural So
ciety, Iowa State horticultural Society,
Nebraska State University and lows
State College.
Tour in Automobiles.
The three days tour is to be made in
automobiles. All those who have cars
are expected to bring them and those
making the trip are expected to brins
well filed lunch baskets.
The program for Wednesday, Aug, .,
has been arranged by the Council
Bluffs Grape Growers Association and
the Southwestern Horticultural Socie-
~. The local members and friends ara
to meet in the chamber of commerce
and those arriving by train will meet
at the Grand Hotel before 9 a. m, VIII Ell
the party will start on its tour of in
spection. The forenoon trip will in
clude visits to the greenhouses of Will
cox, Lainson and the experiment sta
ton orchard. A picnic dinner will be
a feature of the day in Richs grove
adjoining the station orchard. A short
program of addresses will follow the
dinner and the remainder of the day
will be spent in visiting vineyards and
gardens near Council Bluffs.
The Nebraska Trip.
The Nebraska State Horticultural
Society has arranged the program for
Aug. 3. The party is to meet at Hotel
Rome, Omaha, at 1880 a. m. The mar
ket parks, and residence districts OF
Omaha will be seen en- route to Flor
ence From there the party will go to
Papilion to see some orchards where
demonstration work is being carried
out. From there the party will go back
to South Omaha to see some gooo
orchards in that locality; then to Ne
hawka to E. NJ. Pollard's orchard, the
largest in the state, and thence TO Me-
braska City stopping en- route at the
Morton place and a new forty acre
orchard adjoining It. The night stop
will be at Nebraska City.
The party will leave Nebraska City
early Friday morning and drive to
Hamburg, stopping at the orchards OF
c. E. Mincer. ]. VI. Bechtel and A. A.
Simon. They Will also visit WEIGH :
and Spencer's orchards south of Sid
ney. From there they will go TO Shen-
aadoah via Riverton and Farragut.
At Shenandoah lunch will be served
and the seed house of the Henry Field
company, the Mount Arbor and the
Shenandoah nurseries will be visited.
The party will then visit Spencer's
orchard near Randolph, Goy's orchard
near Tabor and other orchards en-
route TO Malvern. The cold storage
plant and Summers orchard at Nal
vern. Boehner's orchard at Hinsdale
and Carriers at Belfour will be of in
terezt. At Glenwood Murphy's and
Overs orchards will be seen and the
state institution orchard there.