Smyrna times., 1925-07-29
r0N4TO GROWERS TO TOUR
DELAWARE AND MARYLAND
,,.sppcrION OF FIELDS TO NOTE
rvprRrMENTS l- IN AGRICULTURE
T.nr Will Start August the Fourth
'Vs Cmyma Clayton and KentOn Del
eratiOns Will be Met Here

Cmvra. Clayton and hentOn Del
epatiOns Will be Met Here
Tomato growers in Delaware and
.,-omcbout the eastern shore of Mary
'.nJ ', have been given an urgent invi-
.a+ion .a TO Join an inspection tour of
ar,o of the outstanding tomato fields
~ Tuesday, August 4, which will be
.Lo first tour of this nature ever con-
I,.+od in this section of the country.
T. !, expected by those in charge of
III, +our that several hundred farm
.rs IN these two states will take ad-
vor+age of this opportunity to look
over these various tomato fields in
which experiments are being conduct
al bv the agricultural extension de-
rortments Of the University of Della
Tora and the University of Maryland
generating with the local growers
and Gamers. According to the plans
of this tour as arranged by Kent
Co,ntv Agent Russell f. Wilson of
Dover. and Edgar w. MOntell, tomato
nroduction specialist for the eastern
shore and peninsula, the growers from
the southern and central parts of the
countv will assemble in front of the
most office in Dover at 9 o'clock on the
morning Of August 4. This will also
be a convenient meeting place for
those tomato growers from Sussex
county who are planning to take this
trip. The first place to be visited af-
fer leaving Dover will be the farm of
Joseph Zavies which is located only a
few miles north of Dover on the du-
POnt highway. Here the growers will
have the opportunity to inspect four
acres Of second early tomato plants
which came from Georgia. Mr.. Ia
vies is an experienced and successful
truck farmer, and his field of early
tomatoes will be well worth seeing by
those who are Interested in the pro-
duction of an early crop. From the
Zavies farm the party will proceed to
Bishops Corner, about six miles north
of Dover, where two acres of hOt-bed
tomato plants are being grown by
George N. Baldwin who has just rec
emily built a modern greenhouse at
that place. Mr.. Baldwin is very much
interested in early tomato production
and has arranged some interesting ex-
periments in regard to the dates of
setting plants in the fields for secur-
ing maximum and profitable yields.
Smyna-ClaytOn Contingent to Meet
Tomato growers from Smyrna, Clay
ton, Aenton and other points in the
northern section of the county will be
met at Commerce street and Boule-
ward on the dupont highway in Smyr-
na at 1890 by the tourists from down
state, and then the entire party will
motor to Middletown where the Kent
and Sussex farmers will Join with
nose from New Castle county and
me neighbOnng points in Maryland.
AFTER leaving the public square in
Alddietown the growers will be taken
70 Cecllton and Bohemia Bridge where
'ney will be shown the results of the
experimental plots being conducted on
'ne Frazier farm by the agricultural
extension department of the Univers-
Iy Of Maryland. These test plots
were v established by County Agent A.
Z, Kadebaugh Of ElktOn, Maryland,
VINO Will address the tourists on the
subject Of increased tomato produc-
LOn oy means of better selection of
9TalhS ~ and the proper cultural meth
JUS Dr. I. F. Manns, Plant Path
OvglSt ol the University of Delaware,
', Siu also deliver a short address on
tus fertilization of tomatoes and will
ts p.'Hs out some Of the work which has
@ o'eH uone in various sections of the
1'ay oOll'fy to increase the yields of to-
naa'Oes. H. F. Hall, Production Man
- aseT Oh the Campbell Soup Company,
. also scheduled to appear on the pro-
s.,, sam and give a talk relative to the
,'''IlOds ;n followed in New Jersey to
'''isaSe and maintain the high yields
Address to Be Made by Experts
i..i Ine'e ! addresses will be given dur
,.;, mg tne noon hour, and the meeting
49,. rnl auIolm in plenty Of time for the
t s-O"efs from lower Delaware to re-
5a, ssin 70 their homes before a late
so,-i. ,sui IN the afternoon. Lunch will be
-. ,.'eG 9, Tree at the Frazier farm, af-
,,;n MI "nicn the members Of the party
an n,'' inspect the test plots which cover
to..I -, area Of about six acres. Every
corJ, o,.,a'U ., grower in these two states is
u'aily invited to 20 on this tour
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