Smyrna times., 1933-08-30

CldI4Ou were also a source Of nlIc h
enjoyment to the editors and the
hop given in their honor was A
very brilliant affair. At 2 o. M
Wednesday, the editors bade Re
hoboth good bye and started by
train for Lewes pier where thev
boarded the steamer, Manhattan
for New York. The ship was roll
ing to a great extensity and BY the
! time coffee was served it needed
no spoon to stir the sugar therein.
Everything was rolling, even the
warm rools joining in the refrain
and rebellious journalistic stom-
achs arose and refused TO be com
forted. Some appeared to have
urgent business on the upper deck.
Scott Roberts led the van. E. S,
Phelps followed, Melvin ditto. The
same to Woodau, Hopkins and Gil
more. Scott Way and Frank
Reeve may be depended on to new
er give up the ship or their sup
per. Cape May was discerned in
the distance and then lost to view
AS night came on the steamer ap-
preached nearer the shore and
when Atlantic City was passed its
thousands of lights could be seen
shining brightly upon the distant
water. After supper President
Roberts called the meeting to or
der on the steamer. The commit
tee on nominations reported the
following officers who were unan-
imously elected: President, E. Y.
Vallandingham; First Vice-Presi-
dent, AA. Christian; Second Vice
President, ]. Abraham; Secretary
and Treasurer, w. Scott Way. The
President, H. G. Conrad and the
Secretary were on motion made
the executive committee for the
ensuing year.
A VALUABLE FRUIT FARM
There are few if any of our farms
with the same capital invested do
ing a nicer if as nice a farming
business with the same profit as
James w Anthony, 2 I-2 miles
west of this town. In hasty visit
to his attractive home yesterday
we found him down on his knees
in the barn arranging the covers
on dozen or two well filed bas-
kets Of grapes he was preparing
for market. They were of the
Concord variety which he saws
must be marketed in peach baskets
to sell to the best advantage. Be
side them were two crates holding
II baskets Of 6 pounds each. These
were Of the Martha variety.
white grape which the trade ac-
cepts as fancy and expects them
prepared accordingly. They have
sold in Boston right along at Is
and is cents per pound while the
Concord has sold for 8 and 10
cents. Mr.. Anthony puts them in
the baskets himself, rejecting all
that are not perfect, and it is
doubtless from this fact that his
brand commands usually 2 to 8
cents more pound in the market
than most that go in at the same
time. He is careful of their cuI-
ture from the spring on through
the summer pruning, allowing only
two punches to grow on a lateral,
or twenty to the whole vine They
are trained on a wire trellis and
thus while getting during the
growing season the full play of sun
and air, are more convenient to
gather than when trained to
stakes. He has 1900 vines in bear
ing. From a half acre of Concord's
this year he has 5000 pounds of
The highest prices obtain
ed have been from his Martha's.
white in color and very sweet, of
which he has 240 vines, the WELD
being this year 1,20O pounds, the
first year of fruiting. The pride
of his vineyard however, is his
Niagara variety, 400 vines. amber
white, the few punches that have
fruited this year showing the
bunches to grow large and perfect.
and the globes unusually large.
The propagaters of the Niagara
will furnish them only on certain
guarding their exten-
sion and in quantities not less than
300 or 400 vines. They certainly
take the lead of any white grape
now in market. Mr.. Anthony's
brother, Henry, who is cultivating
grapes to a larger extent than he,
has several hundred vines of this
variety and William Wood on the
other side of the town set out 500
Of them the past spring. Mr.. An
thony has 1-2 acres in strawber-
ries which yielded him this sum
ner 1000 quarts and he has 10 to
10 acres in raspberries and black /
berries. His peaches this year will
yield about 1000 baskets, one third
IF a crop. His crops of wheat and
corn are but subsidiary to his
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