Milford chronicle., 1917-01-19
FRUIT GROWING CONSIDERED
In VARIOUS PHASES AT DOVER

y / LeInOOn ana night were dLLeuutu ID
about two hundred visitors. A fea
ture of the meeting was the exhibit o
farm products at the State Armory
which was visited by hundreds of ad
miring spectators daily While tn
exhibits included potatoes. cabbage
/ carrots, turnips, lettuce. endine. eel
cry, onions, pumpkins. squashes, nuts
+ and all kinds of farm produce, tOgeth
| er with alfalfa and various kinds o
| grain on the stalk; yet the main ex
, hibits consisted of apples and corn
One entire side of the room was filled
with apples, comprising hundreds o.
plates of beautiful specimens of thC
luscious fruit of different varieties
and the other side of the hall had the
exhibits of corn. In the center of the
room was an attractive exhibit of nur-
sery stock entered by the Harrison S
Nurseries. of Berlin, Md
In the basement of the Armory was
an exhibit that excelled anything OF
the kind ever held in Dover before
1t was a working model of the Cedar
Hollow plant of the Charles Warner
Company of Wilmington, which is one
of the most improved and up to date
lime plants in the world.
At the Tuesday afternoon session.
several of the scheduled speakers, in
cluding Governor Harrington. of Mary
land; Governor-elect Townsend, of
Delaware; James T. Anthony, of Ches
tertOwn, Md; Prof. ] C. Whitten, of
University of Missouri, and Samuel
Fraser, of GenesO, N. Y, being absent
President Soper called upon some of
the speakers scheduled for Wednes-
days session to take the place of thise
absent.
| Walter B Harris, of Worton Md 3,
Md. T., one of the speakers for Wednes-
day, was called upon for his report on
Pear Culture" which he gave by cit
ing from several letters received. the
various causes of blight. etc, in the
pear realm. A general discussion
followed in which many helpful re-
concentrations were made.
At this point Mayor Mcgee, who had
been scheduled for the address of well
come appeared in the opera house,
and after being introduced, gave a
most cordial welcome to the visitors,
whom he designated as the backbone
of the country, the people who raise
the honest boys. In closing he accord |
ed a welcome to all, and stated that !
if they wanted anything to ask for |
it; and if they saw anything they
wanted, to take it.
Governor Miller followed Mayor |
Magee. In speaking of the farmers /
and fruit growers. Governor Miller EN- |
phasizd the fact that farming had be- |
come a science and that the more prac |
tical subjects were taught. He spoke /
of the vast worth of the farming in
dustries. He praised Delaware Col |
lege and its efficient management. He |
advise the sending of the Delaware /
boys and girls to the college so that /
they might remain in their own state. /
Orlando Harrison. of Berlin, Md. 4,
followed Governor Miller with a brief ,
talk on agriculture and the work be-
ing done to better conditions.
W. NJ. Dickson, of WoOdside, Del
gave his address scheduled for We'd
nesday on Marketing the Delaware
Apple.
At Wednesday mornings session an
interesting discussion on the culture
of nuts was made by John W. Killen,
of FELTON,, who is a member of the
present House of Representatives A
talk on grape culture was made by
Walter T. Massey, of Smyrna, and a
round table discussion of the pear and
a round table discussion Of the pear
blight was conducted by Professor c.
A. McCue, of Delaware College.
A resolution was adopted providing (
that when the new rules relative to
grading winter wheat are promulgated {
by the United States Agricultural De- {
that all wheat containing
rsn 20 hla Nrrar II
wheat" /
The last night session was devoted
o Fertilizers for Potatoes and Other I
by Professor c. T. John {
son, director of the Virginia Truck
Experiment Station, Norfolk; Some S
Things the Department of Agriculture I
s Doing for POmology and Horticul- /
ure," H. p. Gould; "A Walk Through +
Western New York Fruit Farm" a
With lantern slides, Samuel Fraser, of 1
lew York.
Solos were rendered during the ev- b
ming by Mrs. A. Victor Lightbourne
nd Miss Frances Dewitt, two of :
)over's weil-knOwn soloists
Cambridge, Md, was chosen as the
ext meeting place of the society.
officers were elected as follows:
President-Samuel l.. Byrn. Cam +
ridge, Md. {
Vice-president IT Warren Newton, l
l
Secretary and Treasurer Wesley
Webb. Dover. +
Vice-presidents for counties Della e
vare-New Castle County, A. W. Arm \
trong, Hockessin; Kent, A. W. Slay-
maker, Wyoming; Sussex. H. L. Bak- a
r. Bridgeville.
Maryland County, Charles B. u
Elkton; Kent, Walter B Il
Harris. Worton; Queen Anne, W. Irv-
ng Walker, Chestertown; Caroline, ]. Il
j. Lapham, Goldsboro; Talbot, Gen
lral Joseph B. Seth, Easton; Dor h
chester, Fred Hurst, Cambridge; Wi
,omoco, Fulton W. Allen, Salisbury; +
Hale Harrison, Berlin; I
Frank E. Matthews, POGO a
Hoke City. 4
Virginia-Accomac county, A. ].
IcMath, Onley; Northampton, W. L. \
1lzey, Exmore. I
Executive ommittee-Samuel L.
8yrn, Cambridge, Nd Warren New Z
on, Bridgeville; j. Leonard Soper,
Magnolia; Walter B. Harris, Worton, S
Nd; F. J. Dukes, Girdletree, Md. t