Milford chronicle., 1937-12-10
HORTICULTURISTS TO
MEET AT CAMDEN, DEL.
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ing vegetables. DR.. T. F. Manns and
DIR. J. Fl. Heuberger. of the Plant
Pathology Department at the Uni
versity of Delaware, will discuss
Sweet Potato Sprout Treatments
for Wilt CONTROL" DR.. L. A. Stearns,
of the Entomology Department at
the University of Delaware will
| comment on the Control of Several
Fruit and Vegetable Insects" r. A.
Jehle and E. A. Walker. both of the
University of Maryland, are sched-
uled to discuss Potato Seed Stock
Improvement for the Early Crop"
and C. E. Temple. also of the Uni-
versity of Maryland, will talk on the
subject. Disease Resistance in Hor-
ticultural Crops"
Thursdays program will open
with discussions of the problems
confronting peach growers. Dean c.
A. McCue, of the University of Del
aware, will talk on the Correlation
Between Basal Area and Yield in
Peaches" Other talks will include:
Newer Varieties of Peaches" by
NJ. A. Blake, of the New Jersey En-
pertinent Station; "The Peach Or
chard of the Future for Maryland
by A. Lee Schrader. University of
Maryland; Suggestions for I'm
proved Cooling Moth Control Based
on Experience in Indiana" by J.
NJ. Amos, University of Delaware;
Factors in Control of Codling Moth.
by r. J. Headlee, New Jersey Exper-
iment Station. A paper by Paul l..
Rice, formerly of the University OF
Delaware, entitled "Cat-Facing OF
Peaches by the Tarnished Plant Bug,
Lygus Pratenses CL)" will be read.
The Thursday afternoon session
will open with talk by Carroll X.
Miller, Secretary of Appalachian Ap-
pies, Inc, Martinsburg, w. Va, an
apple marketing group. on apple
AGyertising-Does 1t Work" other
talks scheduled during the apple
section of the program include:
you Can Kid Yourself But Not
Tree" by F. S. Lagassee. University
of Delaware; New Spray Combina-
items for Apples in 1887" T. F.
Manns, J. f. Adams. and J. W. Heu-
berger, University of Delaware;
Our Apple Spray Program for 1887
a round-table discussion; Are You
Going to Raise Apples Next Year"
T.. N. Cory. University of Maryland;
"New Trends and Old Traditions in
Plant Pathology" J. B. S. Norton.
University of Maryland. and Meet
ing the Spray Residue Require
ments," by NJ. A. Haller. of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
The small fruit growers will meet
Friday morning. The first talk
scheduled for that section OF the
program will be "The Newer Varie-
ties of Strawberries and Their Val
ue in the Commercial Field" by J.
Harold Clark of the New Jersey Ex-
pertinent Station. Frank App. man
ager of the large small fruit and
vegetable farm near Bridgeton. N. j..
wi ere the produce from 10000 acres
was marketing in a frozen condi-
tion, will talk on 1.-THE Freezing Pro-
cess in Marketing Fruits and Vege-
.ables."
In addition to the meetings of
borticulturists. the best fruits and
raised on the Delmarva
Peninsula will be on display to-
yether with the best apple pies from
peninsula kitchens. At the annual
Inner, Thursday evening. Governor
Richard C. McMullen Of Delaware
will talk. Additional talks will be
made by Dean McCue and T. B. Sy-
mons, Acting Dean and Director at
he University of Maryland. AS an
Idded feature of the dinner meeting,
he prize winning pies in the apple
lie contest will be consumed in
,ie-eating contest. DIR. T. F. Manns,
secretary OF the society. has prom
sed to have a doctor available,
hould one of the contestants eat too
nuch championship pie. "