The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-04-12

AAEcH 1Aih, 1856.
The President being absent, the Society WAS called
TO order BY the Vice President.
The minutes Of the previous meeting were read and
approved.
Tie Commiitee appointed at the last meeting to
confer with the County Board for Joint fall E1hoi-
ton report that the Agricultural Society propose
placing the Horticultural department under the con-
,oi this Society, they also propose setting apart
one hundred and dry dollars to be expended in the
paw rnent o: premiums in the horticultural depart
| ment-
/ W. T. Dennis present, and stated that in ad-
dton TO the above, the Agricultural Society viii pay
all necessary expenses cnanected with the exhibition,
ard this society shall have the privilege of making
4 its Premism List.
/ o. NOTION the society accepted the proposition,
and appointed COMMITTEES of Lewis Jones, E. Y.
Tcys and Hiram Sulser to prepare Premium List
/ for said exhibition.
DR.. o. 2. Baer, a. his own request was reins.ated
/ as member Of the Society
/ Mr.. Redding not being presen, address the As
ISOLATION, the subject of Pear culture taken up
and discussed.
Cornelius RAtlif said, there have been Q great
many Ereign Pears introduced in this country, and
but few OF hem on account of our climate have done
any good. He regards the Secke and Early Catha-
( rlne as the most hardy OF our varieties Next in
point of hardness, the Bartlett and Flemish Beau
I ty. lie prefers standards dw arts.
c. ;. M-nnenhall, thinks DIV entirely worthless,
has dug up part OF his dwarfs and standards
/ in their stead. He has refused to recommend them
when he the looser, by doing.
/ Jacob Thomas, said he would plant standards If
they should not bear during his lifetime, somebody
would reap the benefit of his labors. If he had
troll no woman should get married until they
! had a i'm of fruit
were more generally planted along the public roads,
there would be less uducement to oyer-run private
/ fruit grounds.
Jerre. Hyde, said he had expected plant pear
trees, but the experience OF the members had shown
1 dwarfs to be worthless, and he could not afford TO
plant standards rn, the fact that he could hardly
/ no to live long enough to them fruit, it
quircs about twenty years for them into bear
ing, he thought the object in planting fruitrecs
that might get of the fruit ourselves, aud
those who after US should have all the benefit.
! James Hamilton, said he planted both dwarf and
/ standards when he sixty years of age and he
has lived to the standard-s well dwarfs bearing
fine crops of fruit he should have been well satisfied
TO think somebody would be benefited by his plant
! ing if he should not have been. He thought every
land owner should plant fruit.
Dr. o. p Baer, said he had dwarf pears in his gar
den, that eleven years old and yet they have
never paid for their cultivation. Every should
plant pears aud plant standards, and should
only plant pears but should other fruits. He has
! Apple and Cherry his side walks, and the
boys have learned that they have the fruit when
it is ripe, and consequently they disturb it
til it is ripe, and they inure the trees in any
way whatever. He thinks by treating the boys kind
Iy. and by planting trees in out-of heway places for
their benefit, the evil of fruit stealing may be
died A proof of this he referred to Germ ny, where
fruits cultivated along all the public roads where
the people supplied without trespassing private
orchards and fruit gardens. Hence great extent
the proverbal honesty OF the Germans. On the 9TH
err hand in Ireland there such provisions made,
the land owners protect their fruit Gardens by high
stone walls and impentrable hedges, and consequent
ly the proverbia dishonesty of the Irish.
DIR. Baer read communication from ID. p. John
son. Secretary Of the New York Agricultural Society
requesting that he should send to their department
samples of the cereals of this portion of the state
At the suggestion of DR.. Baer the Society agreed to
send sample of the different kinds of Grain 10
the Secretary to be placed exhibition. Any per-
son having article of Wheat or Corn in the
ear requested present at the next meeting OF
the Society, April 18th.
W. l. Dulin was appointed to read paper at the
next meeting of the Association.
The season is approaching when the meetings
of the Association should be and the most inter-
esting and with the view of keeping up an interest,"
and a paving interest the, Society would urge upon
the members the importance of prompt attendance
All who feel interested, are invited to come
The Society adjourned meet April l4th, at
? o'clock p NJ.
w L. TAYLOR Vice Prest
W. I. DULIN, Sec'y.