The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-12-19

beginning on Tuesday morning.
Mayor Mount welcomed the visitors
and vice president Minch, OF Bridge
ton, responded. He spoke OF the fact
that Burlington county was quite
prominent in the history of agricul-
tural advan cement in this country and
he said The evidence at this meeting
was to the effect that the history is not
all in the past.
Professor N. A. Blake, of the State
College, said that William Coke, in
1877, wrote and published, in Burling-
ton, the first work on fruit growing
that was circulated in the United
States. The Maiden blush, Belle
flower and Roman stem apples origi-
mated near Burlington. He thought a
monument ought to be erected near
where the original trees stood if the,
spot could be located.
Joseph H. Deacon, of Burlington, ex-
hibitsd splendid specimens of horse
radish and showed that where, a few
years ago, farmers were anxious to grub
the root out OF the Fl elds, they are now
cultiv ating it and making the work
profit able.
z. p. Bebee, one OF the few surviving
members OF the society, was present
and announced that he was "a years of
age on the day the meeting opened.
He was given quite an ovation.
Mrs. Rose Morgan, of Columbia Uni
versity, spoke on "ragtime music"
taking AZ her subject "Songs that live, !"
saying that the country must look to
the rural home to aid in preserving
wholesome melody.
On Wednesday one of the most inter-
esting numbers on the programme was
Tanning of the huckleberry. Some
writer's insist on calling this berry the
"blueberry," but it will never taste as
good rs when it IS called "huckle-
berry" 1t is one Of the good things
that comes out of the much-decried
spines." While Professor Frederick
v. Coville, of the United States De-
partment OF Agriculture, has been at
work on this subject for long time,
the real developer OF the berry and the
one who has done more to its reaching
the state it now occupies is NJ ISIS Eliza
beth White, of New Lisbon. She has
a large space devoted to this purpose
on the extensive cranberry boys of her
father and has made an exhaustive
study of the subject. One of her
methods Is to get the natives to search
for bushes with large berries on them
and 10 notify her. Then she goes and
gets the bush, transpIants it and looks
TO the cultivation Of the berry. She
has bean very successful and has secur-
cd soma very large specimens. It look
Cd as II she had about reached the
limit in the size of cultivated berries,
when, one day, Sam Lemon walked in
with some natural berries which were
N large as any that Miss White had
brought up to their present size. Sam
directed Miss White to the bush, which
will be transplanted and carefully
watched and it is possible that buckle.
berries as large as plums will be the re-
suit. But it is question whether the
flavor will ever be improved over that
OF the natural fruit.
Burlington seems to be a very Access
sible place for the meetings of the SO
ciety and 1t is expected they will be
held in that city in the future.
Senator Harold B. Wells was prese nj
ut the afternoon session and lauded the
members on the good work they have
accomplished. He promised to do all in
his power to get the appropriation in
creased in accordance with the require
ments made upon it.
Sedator Gauntt, said no department
in the state had been able to do as
much with so little financial assistance
~ the horticultural society. He called
attention to the apples that were on
exhibition and said that If any one
had, o few years ago. predicted that
such apples could be grown in New
Jersey he would have been laughed at
as dreamer. John H. Barcklay is
the apple king" Of the state, and he
gave an interesting talk on the game
laws. The farmer has no reason tc
criticise the present game laws, and he
said that in many sections there is 6
desire to protect quails for three OF
more years.
Fl. F. Hall, Of Moorestown, gave .
very interesting talk on how South
Jersey farmers are adding tomatoes to
thar profitable crops.
Thursdays session opened with q
discussion on the subject of erecting a
horticultural builing at the State Elk
pertinent Station, New Brunswick. II
has been the opinion of many growers
thatsthe fruit industry was deserving
OF more attention than has been giver
TO it. The apple was declared to bs
the king Of American FRUITS and d
Gold Miller, of Gerardstown, Yves
Virginia, gave an address which cover
ed incidents in 40 years of pomologica
history. Mr.. Miller is member Of 9
family OF apple growers, said to owl
more orchards than any other family
In the United States. John Miller,
brother, cleared over 800, 600 this yea
from his apple crop. The speaker de
clared that the east is rapidly passing
the Pacific Northwest in apple culture
and that his home county in Wesi
Virginia had produced more apple,
this year than the entire state o
Washington.
William Maia, of Cranbury, was
given prize of $50 in gold, a specia
premium for the best packed box O
apples. The competition was open t.
amateurs only and there was keer
composition, Mala winning by single
point.
The value to farmers Of bird protec
ton was shown by J. Fletcher Street
OF Beverly in an illustrated lecture
He said that, with the possible excep
ton OF the crow and bluejay, every
bird was protector of crops. A pail
OF marsh hawks, as mouse keepers, are
worth $50 year.
phe following officers were elected
President C. Fleming Stranger. Glass
boro; vice president, L. Willard Minch,
Bridgeton; secretary, Howard g. Tay.
lor, Riverton; treasurer, George e. De.
Camp, Roseland; executive committee.
Horace Roberts, Moorestpwn; William
IL. Reid, Tennent; Joseph Barton,
Marion; Professor M. A. Blake, New
brunswick; Elias 3. Black, Little
Silver; John H. Barcklay. Cranbury;
J: g. Hendrickson, Keyport; E. 4.
Mechling, Moorestown; Ross w. De-
Baum, New Brunswick. Fruit COM
mittss, Lemuel Black, Hightstown; J.
Howard Lippincott, Moorestown; Her
man Tics, Westwood; Prentiss A. Mys
TICK, Hammonton, and w. III. Reid,
Tennent.
In the general awards John H.
title to the State cflampionsbin hv
carrying off the highest number Of in
dividual prizes and, with q total of 1873
points, winning the societv's fruit
certificate. His closest competitor was
Lemuel Black, of Hightstown, John
w. DeBaun & Son, of Montclair, with
total OF los points, won the 1916 yege-
table championship. The special
award for Burlington county exhibitors
went to Howard G. Taylor, Jr., of
Riverton, with 81 points. Taylor also
lifted the prize for general fruit display.
Prominent among winners of plate
displays of fancy apples were Minch
Brothers, Bridgeto.;; Charles c. Haines,
Moorestown; Howard G.. Taylor, River
ton; Henry HI. Albertson, Burlington;
Horace Robert. Moorestown; w. A.
Lober, Burlington; William Newcomb,
Leesburg. and John Wilson, Lambert
vile.
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