Evening journal., 1917-01-11
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HORTICUITURISTS
Peninsula Fruit Growers
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teresting Papers
MANY MORE PRIZE
WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Speclal 10 THE tNLNiNG JOl NNAits
DOVER. Del Jan. 11.--Beforo the
Peninsula Horticultural Society yes
terday morning. Waiter r. Massey, OF
Smyrna. discussed Grape Culture"
lie gave his views on grape culture
after many years experience and sug
gested methods of improving the
grape for profit 20 grower and user
"Nut Culture" was The second sub
iact under discussion and was open
ed by John w. Sillen. of FELTON,, Del
His display al the annual exhibition
is always creditahle one and from
his talks 'on the subject, much has
been gained by others who have gone
/ into Che raising OF nuts for profit
He urged the planting of nut trees
in the lanes and other places instead
OF the ornamental trees which do not
bear. lie pointed out where the jap
anese walnut as we'll as the English
walnut can be raised with prohi ON
J the Peninsula
Pear Blight was the subject opened
/ by Prot &. A. McJue. oi Delaware Col
/ lege tlc urged frequent spraying of
trees ~ soon as auy indication of The
blight appearf
Prof. A. H. Farley, of New Brunswick.
{ y. T., one of the judges of the exhibits
40 the Armory i'm connection with the
society. was called upon for q tcw rec
marks and stated that while the fruit
exhibit this year is most credltable, it
/ is not So large as formW years, perhaps
( due g. the miavopble weather cOndi-
/ tions In the summer aud early fall.
~ NJ. Soper. the Delaware Apple
/ King" volunteered the statement that
i he was ashamed Of this years exhibit
; of fruit, so few being entered In the
contest and felt sometimes tempted
not TO exhibit himself, fearing that
because Of his exhibit others might be
frightened away Mr.. Soper has been
exhibiting every year for the past rs
years al the annual horticultural so
/ cieties and has won first prize in
many instances at each meeting. His
exhibit this year is most creditable.
The auditing committee submitted
/ It's report at the morning session,
which showed a balance of S2.30i.36.
Prior 10 the noon adjournment W.
Irving Walker OF Queen Anne county
Md. offered the following resolution,
which was adopted:
Whereas. II has been brought TO our
attention that the proposition has
been made to call all wheat containing
lany garlic Sample Grade Wheat
when the new rules for grading win
ter wheat are promulgated by the
United States Agricultural Depart
meut. therefore be Il
Resolved. That this association do
d sires TO record an earnest protest
b against the action above referred tC
and requests that proper grades b
established for the different qualities
OF wheat containing garlic, thereby
: avoiding loss and injustice 10 the
growers Of our State and other sec.
tions. whose crops aggregate over 50,-
600 900 bushels Of wheat And be II
further
Resolved, That a copy Of these reso-
lutions be sent 10 Or. Ducal of tho
Agricultural Department at Washing
ton and also TO each of our Senators
and Representatives I'm Congress.
At the afternoon session the com
mitttee on nominations appointed al
, Tuesdays session notified Chairman
. Soper that they were ready to report
and before any OF the afternoon pro.
gram was taken up the report was
+ presented. read and unanimously
b adopted as follows:
President-Samuel L. Byrn, Cam
/ bridge. Md.
Viee-president Warren Newton
Bridgevllle. Del
Secretary and treasurer - Wesle,
Webb Dover Del
Vice-presidents for counties-Dela
ware. New Castle, A. W Armstrong
u Hockessiu, Del; Kent. A. W. Slay
l. maker, Wyoming; Sussex, II. L. Baker
u Br.dgeville. Del.
l., Maryland county. Charles r
Warburtou, Elkton; Kent county
n Walter B. Harris. Worton. Md.
n Queen Anne county. W. Irving Walk
r er, Chestertown. Nd. Caroline coun
q. j. S. Lapham, Goldsboro. Md Tai
r. mot. General Joseph p. Seth. castor
; Nd. Dorchester. Fred Hirst, Cam
. bridge Nd; Wicomico. Fulton w Al
y len. Salisbury. Md; Worcester. Hal
Harrison, Berlin, Md: Somerset
Frank E. Matthews. Pocomoke. Md.
n' Virginia Accomac. a. J. McMatl
II Only Va; Northampton. w. J.. Elze,
D. Exmore. Va.
$. Executive committee Samuel ]
ID Byrn. Cambridge, Md; Warren New
he ton. Bridgeville. Del: J. Leonar
- Soper, Magnolia; Walter 3. Harri
y Worton, Md; r. J. Dukes, Girdletre
)f Nd.
k Place OF next meeting. Cambridg
Nd.
The first address Of the afternoon W
by Or. T. \. Cory. of College Park, ~
7 on Spraying Calendar He gave in d
Ie tail the different methods Of sprayin
N the time for spraying and the benef
y 10 be- derived from the same.
ne "The Maryland and Delaware App
A. Grading Laws was the subject
&c much discussion. which was led by Pr
as S. B. Shaw, Of College Park. Nd. Pr,
Shaw read the different apple gradii
laws now IN operation in the vario
. States which were admitted by all 60
insufficient and impracticable in maj
iuNsnces Many questions were ask
Of Prof. Shaw and answered bv him
well as others as 10 suggestions for II
4 provements IN the laws
standard Grades of Apples --Wh
Zach Grade Should Mean" was discu'
~ cd by II. g. HCizel, Of tie Z. 5. Dana
20 ment Of Agriculture lie also smoke
"A the various State laws o. they rcferr
y 20 grading, etc., admitting that moth.
~ as yet had been satisfactorily ACRE
nc upon and that IL would take vcars
perfect a uniform law. He agreed that
su was most important 10 growers as W
or as buyers that proper grading should
or done. He offered any aid he might
able to give in securing uniform Ia
for grading Of apples
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