The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-23
Abstracts of Friday Morn
ing Papers on Beans
and Marketing
Fruits
PREMIUMS GIVEN
THE EXHIBITORS
One of the Largest and
Finest Show of Apples
the Society Ever Had

The 22nd annual meeting of the
Vermont horticultural society closed
Friday forenoon and in the afternoon
the members visited the greenhouses
of James Burns.
The first paper of the morning was
given by. c. L. Witherell of Middle
bury upon "Beans as an Interplant
Crop in Orchards!
Mr.. Witherell said: ain recent
years the high price of beans has
made them popular crop to plant
between the rows of trees in orchards
Beans should not be planted until
June in most sections of Vermont. In
growing beans as a commercial crop
in orchards one should have modern
bean machinery as follows, two-row
planter, tw0row harvester, q 14-inch
tooth spike cultivator and a thresher
suited to the extent of business.
"The best varieties are the yellow
eye, red kidney, medium and pea
Bean culture in orchards serves
four important purposes, conselves
moisture, kills many weeds, starts a
rapid tree growth and maintains a
good soil which is very beneficial to
trees"
The closing paper was by Prof. B.
r. Brown Of the University of Maine
at Orono upon Marketing New Eng
land Fruits and Vegetables" An alb
stract here follows:
The marketing of fruit and veget-
ables includes all the intricate mach
inery involved in getting the products
from producer to consumer. This
may be only the simple process of de-
HveTIng-the goods to customer in
the same section where it is grown,
or it may represent such numerous
details as transportation, storage, auc
tions, commission houses, jobbers, re-
tail Stores push-ea4t and peddiers.
The former would constitute the
home market while the latter would
be the distant market or selling away
from home, .
Home markets are desirable and
usually satisfactory for small quanti-
ties, but entirely inadequate where
there is a surplus. AS all producing
sections any distance from large cit
les have a surplus, the bulk of the
crop must be sold away from where
it is grown.
The usual methods Of selling fruits
and vegetables away from home arc
three. First, where the grower un
dertakes to act as his own salesman
second, thru the medium of buyers OF
SPECTATORS; and third, thru coopera
tive agencies under the control of the
growers. To these might be added {
fourth method known as a coopera
tive buyers association operated b3
the consumers.
The grower may sell his own frui
thru the commission house, the retail
stores or to special retail trade sucl
as hotels, restaurants, resorts, etc
The speculator may purchase tht
fruit on the trees and undertake TIT
harvesting or he may buy F. o. B
station. In either case he usual!
pays cash, is willing to assume all th'
4 risks and works on a safe margin.
The growers cooperative organiza
ton may sell direct to the consumer
\ to the retailers to the jobbers, or thrl
the wholesale receivers or the auc
ton companies. The cooperativ
buyers associations are composed o
a consumers and make purchases il
quantities and at wholesale rates
The distribution is made direct by ex
press, by parcel post or occasionall
by freight.
The first two methods, are beini
gradually superseded by the latter
The grower is finding an ever increas
ing difficulty in handling both tn
work of production and selling. Th
specuIatof always plays safe at tn
cost of the grower. Organized effoT
only, will place the problem of distri
button on basis where condition
can be controlled and then whateve
profit may acrue will be to the credi
n of the producer.
The exhibit of apples was one o
the largest and choicest ever show
81 by the members of the society. Th
following premiums were awarded:
Baldwins, The Orchards, Benning
ton, first; w. J. Roundy, second; A
7. Clark, third.
Bananas,
Arctics, w. c. Holbrook, first.
Bananas, C. L. Witherell, first.
Bellfowers, W. F. Ranney, first; {
L. Witherell, second.
Bethels, w. c. Holcomb, first;
Putnam, second.
Delicious, c. L. Witherell, first; "
F. Ranney, second.
Fameuse, a. 7. Clark, first; c. /
Witherell, second; The Orchard
third.