Milford chronicle., 1927-01-28
FRUIT GROWERS PLAN
SURVEY OF STATE CROPS
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by this organization might be reviv-
ed and made to function as it was
intended that it should for the best
interests of the fruit growers in
Delaware.
Aside from the cooperative mar
keting features of such an Organiza-
tion, several other important mat
ters pertaining 10 grading, packing,
and the elimination of n0n-proftable
varieties, were brought up for con-
sideratiOn at the meeting on Mon
day of this week which was attend
ed by ten commercial fruit growers
in addition to Director C. A. McCue
and DR.. c. L. Benner of the UniVer-
sity of Delaware and Kent County
Agent Russell e. Wilson. The fruit
growing industry of Delaware was
represented by w. M. Dickson,
Woodside; F. w. Richardson, H. c..
Richardson, and A. Bailey Thomas
of Wyoming; B. B. Chase, Dover; A.
o. Baker and H. c. Baker Of Bridge
vile, and Leslie Knapp and L. B.
Knapp of Nassau. The only repre-
sentative fruit grower from Mary
land who was present at this con-
ference was Lee Allen Of Salisbury.
In the course of the discussion, it
was learned that before any definite
action could be taken toward the
possible solution of some of the out
standing problems that are con-
fronting the Delaware and Maryland
fruit growers today, it will be nee
essary that a survey be made of
each commercial fruit section on the
Peninsula in an effort to determine
the number of bearing and non
bearing apple and peach trees, and
the average production of both the
early and late varieties of apples as
well as of each of the varieties of
peaches which are of bearing age.
Information of this character will be
of great value in the solution of
some of the marketing problems,
and will be of special benefit to the
growers in the event of another sea
son of over-production such as was
experienced last year.
The elimination of undesirable
varieties of apples and peaches is
another important question which
1 deserves the serious consideration
from every commercial grower, and
is one which will be taken up for
further study by the Delaware APP
pie Growers Association under the
direction of a special committee
consisting of DR.. C. L. Benner and
Director c. A. McCue of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, A. Bailey Thomas
of Wyoming, and A. o. Baker OF
Bridgeville.
A survey of the commercial grape
growing industry, which has been
expanding so rapidly in Kent
County during the past five years,
will be made by County Agent Rus
sell E. Wilson, who will secure the
acreage, date of planting, and the
variety in each of the vineyards in
! The Dover, Wyoming, and Smyrna
districts where the grapes are be-
ing grown more extensively than in
anyother sections of the county or
state.
Following a general discussion of
| the federal inspection of car lot
shipments and of all fruit which
passes through the packing houses,
it was voted at the meeting that the
Delaware Apple Growers Associa-
ton 20 on record as favoring a law
/ which would specify that no apples
under "a inches in diameter be per-
mitted to be shipped out of the
state in standard packages, and that
a committee consisting OF Henry
Ridgely, H. c. Richardson, and H
G. Baker, be appointed to consider
the feasibility Of such law for
Delaware.
The Association also favored the
adoption of Peninsula trade mark
in addition to the preparation OF a
/ list of fruits that would be eligible
to come under such a brand dlstlnc-
ton, but that any standard trade
mark or name should not supersede
any trade mark or label which has
been established by an individual
grower.
Among the other timely subjects
discussed at this fruit growers
conference were the grading and
packing problems, the present sys-
tenn of marketing fruit, the question
/ of encouraging the canning indus
try in this section of the country
and the most profitable ways OF dis
posing of all the Gull fruit eacn
year.
AS one of the chief objects of this
meeting was to select a committee
of horticulturists to represent the
state at the agricultural and indus
trial congress which will be held al
Salisbury, Maryland, on February
16 and II, the following men were
appointed by President Dickson TO
attend this convention: L. B. Knapp
and L. G. Knapp Of Nassau; Warren
9. Newton, A. o. Baker and S. e.
Staples of Bridgeville; Henry Rid
gely, James H. Hughes, W. I. Der
ickson, Bureau of Markets OF State
Board of Agriculture, and County
Agent Russell E. Wilson Of Dover;
F. G. Bancroft, F. W. Richardson,
and H. C. Richardson of Wyoming;
Arthur Walker Of Woodside, ana b.
+ G. Pratt of New York.
The Kent Grape Growers Asso-
citation has also been requested to
appoint committee to represent its
interests at this congress at Sals-
bury, and this matter will be taken
I'D at an early date by Ed. Willim
of Dover, who is president OF TINS
cooperative marketing organlza-
tion. A similar committee will also
be appointed to represent the Della
ware State Poultry Association
which was organized last November
by the leading poultry raisers IN the
state as a means of promoting tne
industry toward a more prohtaDle
basis of operation and management