The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-02-24
Richmond Horticultural Association.

FEB. Is, 1854.
The Association met at Engine Hall No. g. The
President being absent the Vice President was called
to the chair.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and
adopted
In response to the call made at our last meeting
large number of branches of peach, apple pear
Mulberry and various other trees were exhibited at
the meeting, and a COMMITTEES consisting of BENJAMIN
stfattan, Cornelius Ratlif and Il. T. Reed W 4 ap-
pointed to examine them and report next meet
ing. We we're also very much pleased to see that a
few ladies had accepted invitation to be present al
regular meetings
b. Strattan reported that he had written to Isaac
Newton, Commissioner of the Department of AgricuI-
ture and had received several bundles seeds and
monthly reports which on the able
The Association then discussed the effects of the
severe frost at the beginning of this year Lewis Jones
/ stated that apple and cherry buds were killed and
nearly all the peach trees
Gardner Mendenhail thought that all the peach trees
were killed to within foot of the ground on thu
average. He said that rule when the Thermometer
10 below zero, the peach trees would be killel
Cherry wood of last years growth was killed Pear
fruit killed. hut the trees were not much injured The
dwarf trees injured than stan iaris The
White Doyenne injured least of ALL The grams.
vine eyes all killed. and he said it would be better
to cut down the vine, would burst, bleed and do
good and be in such good order for another year
left to grow usual.
b. Strat;an said that the eyes were not all Killed and
that while the growing eyes killed. the dormant
| eyes on his Catawbas healthy.
Griffith Aenenhail mentioned the that the trees
not dead the day after New Year.
b. Strattan remarked that no tree showed any in
jury till after thaw when it had been killed bv a
severe frost
I a.
the Wednesday after New Years. He said that seven
years ago the Thermometer "a below zero but
the peach trees not killed. which called up the
question to the lowest temperature this year
j. Valentine said that he had kept account of the
thermometer for several years and that the lowest this
year 10 below Zero and that it had been
low before except 1854 when it was q below and
81 another year. III, usually takes an observ alton
three times day. He had seen trees SO badly
! injured.
c. Ratlif considered that when the Thermometer sunk
to 10 : below, peach trees in critical way
and that they killed when it sank to Is : below
He thought that apple much injured and
especially the Maiden Blush, which he thought might
be good crop this year. He said that in those trees
where the bud is distance from the twig the par
between killed, thoagh the bud might show signs
of life.
J. Hamilton said that the Rebecca grape vine the
worst injured, the Citation and Delaware not near 50
much. His Catawbas injured considerably.
All the members agreed that all not pro-
tected killed except the Queen of the Prares AMI
one vaueess but a Giant of Battles was
shown which had been protected too much, by placing
wooden vessel over it, and had been killed by that
means.
Jesse Wilson asked leave to bring up the question OF
procuring horticultural works for the library being
donated by r. Morrison. A committee consisting of
r. T. Reed, 7. Harrison and B. Stratan, appointed
TO select agricultural and horticultural works for tie
| library, ard report to next regular meeting.
! There fine collection of flowers in full bloom on
The table fro Rafisbacks nursery, in which
varieties of roses, among them, Victoria hodista,
| Heliotrope, Wallhower, Begona, and Cuphea PA
4 tyoentia.
b. Strattan had China Primrose AMI some excel
/ lent Rambo apples.
| w. l.. Taylor canned gooseberries and peaches,
and two very large turnip s-
/ Adjourned to meet Saturday, FEB. 81, at P. ".
in Engine Hall No. 3.