Smyrna times., 1923-08-15
IIIII GRAPE GROWERS NI. PLAN
'IIII I1Il KENT COUNTY VINEYARDS
,,,nrNG VINEYARDS ABOUT
lbnDr Iarrp TO BE VISITED FRIDAY
poiDg Arranged By Russell Z.
lCI Il.,loO OrDI Kent County Agent and
Wrsv'I ,,,,U 1,elude Some Discussions

Will Include Some Dls0uss!o.'s .o.
,'na WIZ growers in the vicinities OF
,.,l19s GIags and Clayton will be interest
S!lHS Sraw I,,T that tour is being ar
W y Aa ~ inspect a few Of the large
an.sa an.,a-ciaI i v vineyards in the Dover
oiiITli y Wroming districts on Friday
ana VII ~ As it is impossible to
alsu1, Y. r.rv many farms when making
'.l' .',,r vi tbe schedule must be confined
a !. 'oul' few v, representative ones which
"a fnrnish the type Of information
VII w .+njv -Ia sought. The prevalence OF
si..t snu ,'r vt in many vineyards this sea-
Dia'I ~ 5as ~ caused considerable comment
si, w. - +be various growers throughout
u. ll.'H .onntv. and the chief object OF
u. i. nroposed tour is to study this
E...ss y. and to determine, if possible,
y. g.,' ,onse of some vineyards being so
- ..r.,sIv affected. This tour will in
in5o seven or eight of the CONNER
ID VINEYARDS in the vicinities Sf Do
vsr y, and Wyoming, and it is desired
.sst ~ as many growers as possible take
.iT .5r.ntage of this trip. 1t will give
tbsm an excellent opportunity to be-
.ome better acquainted with the prob
Isms % that confront others in the grow
nr Of grapes in this State, and II
viii also be of educational value tC
those who see the neighboring vine
yards.
Planned by the Kent County Agent
This tour is being planned by Ken
County Agent Russell E. Wilson il
,ooueration with the Kent Count!
Farm Bureau and the Agriculture
Eypenment Station of the Universit,
Of Delaware. Assistance in this pro
iect will be given by Dr.. I. F. Manns
Of the Experiment Station, who ha
been conducting some experiments
work in the Hall vineyard near Dc
yer for the past few years in an al
tempt to control the black rot on tn
grapes. Dean c. A. McCue of tn
University will also be present t
speak on the work that is being don
at the Experiment Station to contr'
this disease on the grapes at the Un
Wrsiy Farm at Newark. ThOS
growers who are planning to go Q
this tour are requested to meet at tt
farm of W. V. Cosden, on the Dove
Wyoming road, not later than
o'clock noon on the day mentiOnt
above The party will start from tn
place, and the following itinerary wi
be followed as closely as possible du
ing the afternoon: II noon, meet
farm Of W. V. Cosden; / o'clock, Wis
vineyard Of Jacob Kesselring; 1.9
visit vineyards of B. B. Chase al
Denny Pleasanton; 200, visit vineya
Of Nat W. Taylor, near Lebanon; 2.
visit vineyard of J. H. Hipwell; 81
visit vineyards of Ed. Willim, Geo.
Hudson, and W. S. Short; 400, inspt
unconstitutional plot on ]. S. Hal
farm.
Program Calls for Lively Discussi
As there are several vineyards
0e visited within the short time of 0
afternoon, the visitors are kindly
quested to refrain from much discl
son until the party reaches the {
pefmental plots on the Hall ia
"Aere plenty Of time will be given
qlesnOns and a general discussion
gafdng disease and insect cont
measures Kindly remember the d.
u Ims tOur-Friday, August II
ana 50 arrange your work that J
VIII be able to join the other int
Ss'ed grape growers and spend
.saSs half day inspecting these vi
salus' There will be something
,I'Srest at every stop and no groy
should miss this opportunity to
%S aaS 70 study the grape industry fl
different angles.