The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-08-23
Meeting or the Hooking Valley UOrtI.
cultural Society.
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LANCASTER, o., August IL, 1866.


LANCASTER, O., August II, 1866.
Society met pursuant to adjourn
ment-Vice President 4. Ii. White in
the Chair.
The minutes of the preceding
meeting were read and approved.
The subject of the Fall Exhibition
being taken up, on motion, the Cor
responding Secretary was instructed
to take measures for procuring a suit
able speaker to deliver an address at
our annual Fair.
The Council of Nine, through F. J.
Boving, Secretary, reported progress
in the matter of arrangements for the
September Exhibition.
The Corresponding Secretary pre-.
sented copies of monthly report from
the the Department Of Agriculture,
and Mr.. J. D. Clark presented a copy
Of the report of the Oaio Pathological
Society.
The Librarian being absent, on mo-
tion, Mr.. E. Giesy was appointed Ii
brarian pro tenn.
On motion of Mr.. Boving, a COM
mittec was appointed to ascertain and
report at the next meeting the con-
dition of the finances of the Society.
The Chair designated Messrs Boving,
Wiseman and Brumfeld as said com
mittee.
The premium list for the proposed
Exhibition was briefly under consid>
Grafton, when sundry suggestions and
propositions in relation thereto were
made and referred to the Council of
Nine.
The discussion of the fruit-tree
blight question was resumed.
Mr.. Fctters remarked that he had
come to no satisfactory conclusion as
to the cause of blight in all instances.
Where the indications pointed to in
sects as the cause, his remedy would
be to cut off and burn the parts affect
ed. In case the trouble was probably
from the roots coming in contact with
some untriendly substance in the soil,
he would cut off the tap root and en-
courage the growth of surface roots.
If the difficulty seemed to be from
electric disturbance, he would use
iron on the plan of DR.. Dennis.
Mr.. Dennis thought it would be es,
sential to kno,o the cause of the mis-
chief, in order to apply the correct
remedy. He would inquire whether
members had observed attacks of
blight to occur at any other time than
the conclusion of dry period.
Mr. Giesy had noticed it all through
the season-had this morning cut
newly affected twigs from apple trees
on his own premises.
The discussion was further contin.
ued by Messrs. Lewis, Clark, Ewing
and others, chiefly directed to the
presentation of facts and authorities
for and against the several theories of
the cause of blight.
The committee on fruits reported
on several specimens which had been
presented, as follows:
ApPLEs.-By J. D. Clark, Williams
Favorite, q good specimen; Early Joe,
specimens and quality first ratio
specially recommended for cultiva.
tion; Red Siberian Crab, a fair spool
men.
By J. S. Snider Early Strawberry,
very good specimens.
By Thos. NJ. Young, a supposed
seedling-large, rather fiat, greenish
yellow, slight blush, calyx closed,
stem short, deep cavity, flesh white,
core very small and close, flesh crispy,
juicy, sub acid, pleasant flavor, good
bearer. The committee consider this
epple very valuable, and worthy the
attention of cultivators.
By Mrs. James Gates, sample oi
summer apples, quality good, moi
equal to Early Harvest, which it re-
sembles; name unknown.
By David Pence, Lyman's Pumpkin
sweet; very large, quality second ratio
Also, large red apple Of good quality
name unknown.
PEARs.-By VIM. Bowles, Mercer
medium size to large, being early
quality good, very sweet.
By A, Dennis, Pound pear; very
large, quality second rate
PEACHEs.-By Henry Little, very
fine.
PLUMs.-By S. A. Griswold, Qrom
the garden of W. KookeD, in Lancas
teri, medium size, dark red, good fla
vor-said to be Seeding and very
prolific.