Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-15

INSPECT ORCHARDS
Peninsula Meeting Ended Last
Night at Ocean City After
Day of Sightseeing.


Special Dispatch TO Every Evening.
Berlin, Md, July 15.--The summer
OF the Maryland State Horti-
cultural Society. I'm conjunction with
the Maryland Agricultural Society and
the Peninsula horticultural Society.
was held In Easton. Berlin and Ocean
City, Thursday and yesterday. COM
ing to close last night In Ocean
City.
AT the various sessions addresses
were made by: Andrew Cohill, presl-
dent of the Maryland Port Society;
Orlando, Harrison, Of Harrison's
Nurseries; ID. c. Harry. president Of
tho Maryland Agricultural Society:
DIR. A. +. Wood. president Of the
Maryland University; Senator q. r..
Dishardon, of wicomico county; w.
Il. Beatty. United States Department
of Agriculture; William +. Allen,
fruit grower, Wicomico county; IL. u.
Cohill. one OF the founders OF the
Maryland State Horticultural Society:
and by Senator Roberts OF Maryland.
Visitors began to arrive in Easton
on Thursday night and Friday morn
ing. The number wns augmented by
the crowds from New Jersey and
Delaware. Late in the day the tour
ing party came In from an inspection
of the orchard at Easton to the pack
Ing shed of Harrison's Nurseries,
where an old-time country dinner was
served TO all the visitors After din
ner automobiles We're provided for a
tour OF the orchards.
The party first visited the Pomona
orchard territory on the Berlin-Sno
Hill road. Tho principle items of In
terest in this orchard WAS the large
crop of Belle OF Georgia and tho ex-
traortiinary size OF the Carmin
peaches. Forty-fivo OF these peaches
will fill SIS basket. Demonstrations
of tho methods OF preparing the peach
trees and applying paradichlorids
benzine for the control OF peach tree
borers We're arranged by the county
agent, &c. l. Oswald. and the State
Etomologist r. y. Cory.
From there the party returned te
lronshire and viewed tho large blocks
of peach and apple trees and Other
nursery stock. aggregating ton mil
Hon trees. From there they went e
the Squires farm where the interest.
ing feature WAS wonderful crop 81
Williams early red apples. The blacl
twig orchard on this farm bore ap
proximately one barrel of apples (,
the tree at six years Of ago and ha,
been bearing a fun crop each veal
since that time. This is msrkabl,
record for this variety. which Il
notably a late bearer.
| A visit was next made TO the farm
where Admiral Commodore Stepher
! Decatur WAS born. which IL now al
ll.000-trec orohe nd. An early variety o
peach was ripeninE in this orohar,
and the visitors helped themselves
| Tho party then proceeded to the HON
orchard and paid particular attentto,
there 10 the excellent equipment 10
/ preparing spraying materials, and 70
handling the spraying equipment Fl
the orchards.
Elevated platforms with from two 1
three cookers and running water ar
used in preparing both the Donna n
spray material and the summer spray.
One of the most important factors f
tho success OF these orchards is III
| thorough way In which they ar
! sprayed. from the time the buds beg!
70 swell 10 the time the peaches ar
off the trees. A complete coating q
self-boiled lime and sulphur 4. main
tanned throughout the season.
Another remarkable sight at IN
home farm wac the 1S-year-old A
herta peach orchard. which has Gro
this pear and has borne a crop fC
the last thirteen years. This is prot
ably the best producing orchard 10 /
found in the United States. There an
!. 1000 trees In the orchard and the
have borne as high as thirty ca
, loads OF first class fruit in a sea so
, Although AZ a great age for peaC
trees. Of the original planting of ? o,
trees. practically all are still standin
i The facilities for packing and loa,
. ing the cars at the packing shed a
tracted a grea, deal OF attention {
, account OF the amount OF fruit goir
, out from this station each year. 2
date fifty cars of Yellow Transparel
apples and ten cars OF peaches ma,
, moved from this point There W
: be about 300 cars OF peaches and OF
a hundred and fifty cars OF appl
handled by the organization. The fru
4 is packed in the shed along side of
: switch capable of holding forty cal
Carriers are shunted into iced cars
, gravity roller carriers and shipped
. far west as indianapolis. north in
=. Canada. and into the leading Sout
J, orn cities.
? After the tour great many OF I
> visitors went TO Ocean City for t
= weekend, 10 enjoy the surf barhin