Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-03
AORT|CULTUR|STS
!, END CONVENTION
Commercial Frrtilizers Discussed
at the Concluding Meeting
Yesterday Afternoon.

Tba, commercial fertilizer for fruit
,rccs i, sometimes lacking IN essentials
WAS the assertion of DIR. Thomas +. Manns,
natholoeis, of the Delaware Experiment
Station At Newark in n report on fungus
diseases AZ the concluding session of the
Th;r,v-Fourth Annual Meeting OF the
Peninsula horticultural Society III the
Hotel du Pont yesterday afternoon. =
) There has been great deal of discus
SION among farmers and fruit growers
ahout the advantages of the use ot com
mercial fertilizer. Its indirect beneht TO
the trees il not denied by the experimental
stations. but the direct influences OF IT'S
various essentials cannot be proved with
The exception of the action OF nitrogen,
DIR. Manns declared that because Ter
,;l,,ers are sometimes lacking, conditions
deleterious 10 fruit Yields have resulted,
.nd fungus diseases have interfered with
fr,nt returns. Industrial experts IN fruit
growing in California use pure manure
"a uuch as possible, for the beneficial
effects of manure are always certain, and
use commercial fertilizer only because
enough manure is not procurable' Dr-
Manns urged the growers present 10
develop as much manure as possible 10
use for their trees.
He affirmed that ) per cent OF losses
IN corn come from the disease known as
ear rot" In speaking on the subject oi
The Control OF Sweet Potato Diseases.
he said that whole areas on the Penlnsuia
were endangered by stem sickness a
condition in sweet potato crops which may
Toe prevented with the proper care
DIR. u. y. Shoemaker, OF the T. >
Department of Agriculture, talked on the
subject OF Better Seeds. The NontToi
az Sweet Potato Diseases, was made the
subject of round table discussion
Mos, of the notable people. an state
and government officials who were IN " IL
,n,rg.on IN connection with the annual
meeting returned 10 their various head
quarters late Yesterday. The exhibits
werc removed from the ball room OF the
Hotel du Pont YESTERDAY afternoon. n
announced prizes awarded for the Nege-
t.hla exhibits were as follows.
First prize of $50 for the best collection
~ vegetables j. Howard Hirst, Cam
bridge. Md; second prize OF $50. FRED
Hirst: third prize Of $50. J. " kllien,
Fe.ton. D~l fourth prize Of sl5, Waiter
a Harris. Wort0n. Md. Best barrel OF
White POTATOES. prize $50, }. toward
Ulrst. second prize Of so. Charles Tuck
,rlck UP Add Horticulturists
RESOLUTIONS or THANKS.
Resolutions adopted were 70 the effect
thar first. cordial thanks are rendered
- the Chamber Of Commerce for aiding
the session, and especially e Captain c.
NJ Dillon. assistant secretary, as we'll as
citiyeus az Wilmington; that thanks are
due 10 speakers who have come from neigh
boring states: that cooperative market
inc and other cooperative activities which
bring the producer and consumer closer
together are endorsed: that apprecla--
tion Of work by the road department Of
Delaware and Maryland is expressed
that tn. society favors every proper
method that may be taken 70 give public
itv 10 the Peninsula and its products
that until state laws are passed insurlng
protection against Importation CT disease.
,nd insects. that thi is protection be sus-
tanned bv the Federal Horticulture Board
of the Department Of Agriculture; that
aualitie. Of Delaware and Maryland
apples be extensively advertised; that a
committee of FIVE be appointed 70 effect
such publicity. and report TO the eXecu-