Smyrna times., 1926-08-25
TOMATO TOUR BY GROWERS
Delaware and Maryland Farmers to
Visit Some of Outstanding Patches.
Program Arranged for Ridgely

Program ATTdHSeu lOT IN1uRcly
Tuesday, August 81, Of this year
has been designated as Tomato Day"
for Delaware and Maryland, and the
farmers of these two states are plan
ming to celebrate this date by tour
of some of the outstanding tomato
fields on the Peninsula. This inspec-
ton tour will be similar to the one
conducted last August under the di-
rection of E. w. Montell, Tomato
Specialist, in cooperation with those
county agricultural agents through
whose territory the itinerary has been
planned During the forenoon this
tour will form at various points in
these two states under the leadership
Of the county agents, and will end at
Ridgely, Maryland, at / o'clock, where
lunch will be served. The program
during the noon hour will consist Of
the annual business meeting and ad-
dresses by prominent authorities on
the subject of tomato culture. Among
those who will speak are DR.. Pritch-
ard of the q. S. Department Of Ag-
riculture, Dr. T. F. Manns, of the Uni
versity of Delaware Experiment Sta
tion, Mr.. H. F. Hall of the Campbell
Soup Company, DR.. 7. B. Symons of
the University of Maryland, and Mr..
A. D. Radebaugh formerly of the
University of Maryland. In addition
to this part of the program at Ridgely
there will be an inspection of the eX-
tensive variety test plots which are
being conducted by the University of
Maryland Experiment Station. These
experiments should be of interest to
all those growers who are desirouS to
secure a strain of high yielding toma-
toes with good canning qualities, as
these two factors are very essential
in the producing of tomatoes for the
canning factories. An opportunity
will be given these farmers to inspect
the improved varieties of tomatoes
best adapted for canning purposes in
this section of the country, and to OBJ
serve the modern methods Of culture
under field conditions, as well as to
exchange ideas and suggestions with
the other growers who will be present
from other sections of Delaware and
Maryland. The fact that the tomato
tour last year was attended BY ap-
proximately five hundred farmers, is
an indication of the interest which is
being shown in such program, and
it is the opinion of Mr.. Montell and
other tomato experts that these an
maui field meetings and tours are hav-
ing a decided beneficial effect upon the
tomato canning industry as a whole
throughout the entire Peninsula and
the eastern part of the United States.
All the tomato growers il these two
states are cordially invited to join this
tour, and those farmers from the
northern part of Delaware will meet
at the farm of William Reynolds near
Blackbird at $50 on the morning Of
August 81. From this place the grow
ers will proceed to Dover where they
will be joined at $50 o'clock by those
growers from the middle and south
ern sections of the state. After in
specting the best plots near Dover,the
combined parties will leave for Ridge
ly, Maryland, where the chief part of
the days program will be presented
to the visiting farmers. Those grow
ers who expect to attend this tour are
requested by the committee on ar
rangements to notify E. w. Montell,
Dover, Delaware, or any one of the
county agents in this territory few
days in advance.