Smyrna times., 1922-07-12
DELAWARE GROWERS TOUR
FAMOUS SHENANDOAH VALLEY
INSPECT ORCHARDS OF SECTION
OF VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA
Route Planned By Prof. c. A. McCue
of University of Delaware Includ-
ed Some of the Most Beautiful


ed Some of the Most Beautiful
The Delaware fruit growers who did
not go ON the extensive orchard tour
through the apple growing sections of
Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia
missed one of the best and most inter
esting trips ever taken by a group
of orchardists. The route of this tour
was planned by Dean C. A. McCue of
the University of Delaware in cooper
alton with Russell E. Wilson, Kent
County Agricultural Agent, and the
fruit growers of the state. 1t includ
ed the beautiful orchard section
around the old historic town of Win
chester, Virginia and in the vicinity
of Inwood and Martinsburg, West Vir
| ginia. Two machine loads of fruit
growers took advantage of this Won
derful opportunity to see some of the
! largest commercial orchards in that
part of the country, and everyone re-
ported a fine trip. The party includ-
ed Frank w. Richardson, Herbert C.
Richardson, Arthur Walker and Coun-
ty Agent Russell T. Wilson from Kent
county; Dean C. A. McCue from New
ark; and George Willin, P. L. Cannon
and Holland Cannon from Susses
county.
Party Left Dover Early Last Week
The party left Dover early Tuesday
morning, June 27, and drove to Fred
erick, Maryland, that day. Early the
next morning they started for Win
chester, Virginia, going through the
famous and historic old town of Harp
ers Ferry where the beautiful Poto-
mac river was crossed. This is the
beginning of the Shenandoah Valley
long noted for its beautiful scenery
and its adaptability for producing
wonderful apples. The old Potomac
river with its thousands of rough and
Jagged rocks in mid-stream with the
waters rushing and whirling around
them is one of the prettiest scenes in
that section of the country. AS you
leave Harpers Ferry and drive toward
Winchester you pass through one OF
the garden spots of the eastern Unit
ed States, and the thousands upon
thousands of acres of apple trees make
an ideal picture framed by the Blue
Ridge mountains on the east and the
long chain of the Allegheny mountains
rising to the west. Some of the mer
remarked that this particular section
was the prettiest part of all the coun
try through which they passed on thi!
trip.
Visit Historic Winchester and Vicinit,
At Winchester the party was met b!
County Agent J. X. Dushane and
few of the Virginia growers whe ex
tended to the Delawareans the tru
Virginian hospitality in that every
thing was done to make the visitor
see as many of their orchards as pos
sible in the limited time. The frs
orchard visited in Frederick county
Virginia, was the one known as tn
Round Hill orchard consisting of 8
acres of apples. Practically all of tn
orchards in that part of the countr
are in sod and the trees are low head
ed and allowed to grow close to tn
I ground. Alfalfa seems to be tn
chief cover crop over there for dun
ing the past years a campaign ha
= been going on with view of stin
). ulating more interest among the Of
chardists and farmers in general
the growing of this legume. II
:. chief variety of apples produced
er that section is the York Imperi
n- which seems to be the best selling al
pie for those growers. In fact a
IA through the apple regions of both vi