The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-11-04
APPLE GROWERS MEET.
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growers what such a specialist would
give them than anything else. 1t also
would handle matters of cooperative
buying and selling. which the extension
service cannot do.
F. Cabot Holbrook of the Scott farm
in Dummerston was elected secretary
pro tenn. following which a round-table
was conducted. everyone being asked TO
express himself on the question. What
will an apple growers association do
for me? The three main points brought
out were that the growing of a better
quality of fruit could be stimulated by
such an organization, that if fruit of
high quality is produced in sufficient
quantity buyers will be attracted to
this section. and that saving could be
made in the cooperative purchase of
spraying material packages, including
barrels. boxes and baskets and other
supplies
Prof. Fred G. Sears. head of the de-
partment of pomology of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural college and joint pro-
prietor of the Bay Road fruit farm in
Amherst. then gave talk on What an
Association Can Do for the Apple
Grower. His talk was based primarily
on the suggestions offered by the Massa-
chuSetts Fruit Growers association in
its winter meeting last year, for build
ing up the apple industry. Everybody
was then asked TO write on a card some
question pertaining to apple growing.
These were shuffled in hat and as
Prof Sears took them out one at a
time he expressed his opinion and then
invited the others To do likewise
The gathering received much valuable
information from Prof Sears. whose
talk was exceedingly interesting. as we'll
rs from the interchange of ideas. Prof
Sears said New England people demand
4 red apple, and he advocated in the
main the growing of red apples even
though some green apples may be just
as good. He said this was a natural
apple section, and he believed Windham
county could make a name for itself in
tie apple industry. The problems of
this section and those of Massachusetts
can work well together. Prof. Sears
recommended the planting of certified
trees. which are true TO name and free
from disease when they leave the nurs-
cry and cost only five cents more than
nOn-certiied trees. Three or four nurs-
cry houses already are putting out GER
titled trees
1t was definitely decided to organize
an aSSoca ton. and these officers We're
elected President. Gerald Adams Of
Marlboro vice president. Otis w Ad-
ans of Halifax; secretary and treas
urer, +. Cabot Holbrook of the Scott
farm, DummerSton; executive commit
tee, Dwight Miller of Dummerston, T.
w. Collins of the Connecticut Valley
Orchard Go. of Westminster. and Carl
Weber of the Scott farm. 1t was lett
with the officers and executive commit
tee to draw up a constitution and by
laws. to determine the amount of mem
berShip dues, make plans for another
meeting, suggest any purchasing that
may be done and look forward to stag
ing a real fruit show i'm Brattleboro. 1t
is planned to hold two or three summer
field meetings.
Towns represented at the meeting
were Dover. Guilford. Halifax. Putney,
Westminster, Newfane, Marlboro, DUN
merstOn, Nottingham and Brattleboro.
in this county, and Leyden. Mass. Ev-
eTyoue present was considered a charter
member. The association win be pri-
marily a Windham county organization.
but growers outside the county may join
il they wish
Ii is interesting to note that Wind
ham and Bennington counties grow more
apples than all the rest of the state.