The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-03

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"a. Address Citrus Varieties" F.
M. O'Byrne, Gainesville.
35. Address, Citrus Root Stocks,
w. E. Evens, Leesburg.
Sc. Address, "The Improvement of
Citrus Varieties Thru a Bud Supply
Progeny Orchard T. Ralph Robin
son, Terra Celia.
81. Address, 1.-THE Branch Expert
ment Station at Lake Alfred" Will
mon Newell, Gainesville.
3S. Address, Citrus Fruits in the
HomeJ Caroline Moorhead, Florida
Citrus Exchange, Tampa.
SO. Address, Fruit Products in the
Home" Estellt Bozeman, Tallahas-
see.
40 Address, "The Present Status of
Fruit Product Manufacture in Flori-
d." S. S. Walker, Tampa.
Call meeting of Florida Nursery
men.
Thursday, May q, s:15 P. M.
Al. Address, Avocado Explorations
in Tropical America" Wilson Pop
enoe, Office of Seed and Plant In
PRODUCTION, U. S. d. A, Washington,
D. c.
AZ. Address, "Avocados and Sub.
Tropical Fruits H. E. Stevens, Ft.
Myers.
43. Address, "Avocados on High
Pine Lands" John Morley, Lake
Alfred
a.. Address, "Avocados on the
Shores of Lake Okeechobee," H. O..
Sebring, Sebring.
As. Legislation, NJ. E. Gillett, chair
man, Tampa.
46. Patron Membership, B. l..
Hammer, chairman, Tampa.
At. History and Neurology, w. L.
Floyd, chairman, Gainesville.
49, Report of officers.
40. Report of Executive Committee.
so. Election of Officers.
ST. Selection of Next Meeting
Place.
Wednesday Morning.
Although the attendance at Tues
day evenings meeting was very sat
isfactory. the, number was greatly
augmented this morning.
The program fell into two parts,
the first being devoted to grove ma
chinery and the second to the meth
ods and the Importance of develop
ing high quality in citrus fruit.
Frazier Rogers of the College of
Agriculture Gainesville, spoke concise
ly and clearly on use of the tracts,
making the point that the use of ma
chinery for agricultural work in the
United States as compared with the
use of man power general in Japan,
and other countries, results in a
smaller production per acre but 4
larger production per man, and low
er cost in proportion to the volume
of production.
forth the different types of machin-
cry for grove cultivation and spoke
of the cost and frequency Of cultive.
tion. Mr. Kramer gave a helpful
presentation of his subject. He is
an advocate of frequent cultivation,
particularly in dry weather. when
twice a week is none too often, in
his opinion, for cultivation to preserve
the dust mulch.
Geo. v. Leonard, of Hastings, had
prepared a short carefully thought
out paper on Grove Factors Influenc-
ing Citrs Fruit Quality" which was
read by Secretary Floyd, in the alb
sence of Mr.. Leonard.
A. H. Brown, of Manatee gave a
comprehensive but not lengthy treat
ment of the topic, Citrus Fruit
Quality" Mr.. Brown laid emphasis
on cultivation as means of develop
ing quality, stating that frequent.
proper, cultivation results in more
juice and less rag"
Ralph R, Burton, a large grove
owner of Leesburg and Emeralda,
combined wisdom and humor delight.
fully in his impromptu talk, which
was mainly a discussion of the Par
son Brown orange, of which variety
he ships several thousand boxes a
year. He made theinteresting point
that it is the low acid content and
not the maturity of the Parson
Brown that makes it's early shipment
allowable under the "green fruit law
The speaker was emphatically against
shipping any fruit before it's com
plete maturity.
Ii B, Skinner of Dunedin, also
spoke impromptu on citrus fruit quail
ity and appearance, advocating the
maintenance, development of quality
as a means of getting an extra Sc
cents, which the railroads can't get,
high priced box Of fruit costing nc
more to transport than one of in
ferior grade.
A large part of the afternoon pro
gram will be given to a discussion
of the control of citrus pests ant
diseases.
The evening program lays emphasis
on Identification, and will be one o1
the most interesting to the genera
public. The officers of the Society
have extended cordial invitation
to everyone to attend any or all o.
the sessions of the convention.
Orlando Here Strong.
Orlando is said to have one of thu
strongest representations here, an(
is making a determined effort Il
secure the next convention. Orlan
do delegation is led by w. H. Brokaw
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