Milford chronicle., 1932-03-25
BLOSSOM TIME CELEBRATIONS
IN JERSEY - WHY NOT
DELAWARE

SymbOlical of the fruitfulness of
its vast orchard regions, seven
counties in southern New Jersey
will celebrate the blossoming of q
100000 peach and apple trees in a
gala blOssomtime festival at Bridge
ton on April %.
The festival, the first of it's kind
ever held in New Jersey, is expected
to rival the famed Shenandoah Ap-
pie Blossom Festival held in Virginia
each year, and preparations are be-
ing made to welcome thousands of
visitors during the three or four
weeks the trees are in blossom.
| BridgetOn, heart of the territory
where the peach and apple trees will
bloom, has been selected as the
scene of the all-day carnival which
officially opens a round of celebra-
tions to be held simultaneously in
towns and cities of Altnatic, Cam
den, Burlington, Gloucester, Salem,
Cape May and Cumberland counties.
The carnival on April % is being
sponsored jointly by the City of
Bridgeton and the South Jersey Bios
som Time Association, a non-com-
mercial organization composed of
prominent agriculturists, business
men, city and township officials, and
civic leaders of the seven counties.
The association is an Outgrowth
of the aroused public consciousness
on the part of the citizens of South
Jersey to the beauty and attractions
of its great orchard regions during
blOssOmtime.
New Jersey ranks fifth in the
country in production of peaches,
said Walter J. Buzby, prominent 9t-
lantic City hotelman and president
of the association, "and so per cent
of it's peaches are raised in the seven
counties participating in the bios
sOmtime festival.
"The State also ranks eleventh in
the production of apples, 60 per cent
of which are raised in this same dis
trict. With it's more than 100000 |
peach and apple trees, this single |
section of South Jersey is the most |
concentrated orchard region in the |
entire United States-a fact not gen. |
orally known by the public at large"
A large area of this orchard re- |
gion, Mr.. Buzby pointed out, is act
ually below the geographical divis-
ion of the North and South, the Ma
line-parts of Cape May |
county being even further south
than the city of Washington and a
portion of Virginia and West Vir-
ginia. Consequently, he said, the
South Jersey blossom season is Writ
uall ythe same as that of many
southern states.
One of the main features of the i
in which thousands of
school children will ltake part, is the
of the BlossOmtime Girl,
young woman to be selected during
he next few weeks to present
loral display of South Jersey bios
1t the White House.
Several notables have been invit-
I'd to attend the carnival, including
Governor A. Harry Moore, of New
Jersey, Governors PinchOt and
Richie, of Pennsylvania and Mary
and, Senators, congressman and
and city officials from New
Jersey and surrounding States.
Bridgeton will lose much of its
modern identity during the all-day
estival. School children, attired in
he pink and white pastels of the
each and apple blossoms, will march
through the streets in gala pageant
While airplanes sprinkle blossoms
verhead.
The carnival will eliminate in the
vening with a mardi gras on the
treets of BridgetOn to be witnessed
Y visitors from every part of the
last. Special road guides and tour
;ts maps are being distributed with
1 a radius of so miles of New Jer-
ey.
During the blossom season other
tiles and towns in the seven coun-
es of the orchard area will cele-
rate the season with special BIOS
1m festivals. Railroads and bus
nes will operate excursions to the
Iossom sections and aviation COM
anies in Camden and Atlantic City
ill conduct special blOssomtime air
ips over the Towering orchards.
Whitman's Chocolate used eXclU-
l.