The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-12-26

Proceedings ~ the Third RcSa-
laP Annual Meeting, held &C
West Branch, Cedar Co., lowa,
wednesday and Thursday,
Dcc. 18Th and 18th, 1879.

wednesday and ThursdAy,
Dcc. l0ah and 18th, 1874.
| lRepoEted expressly FOR the ApvssfisEa.l
This young Society, whose meetings
have already been great pleasure and
prollt to those In attendance, had Its
inception Ut meeting OF the Society
Of Northern Illinois among a number
Of fruit growers from this State who
came together there. Complete or
ganixation was effected at q meeting
for the purpose held in Iowa City
June 23d, 1870. The first regular an-
nual meeting was held at the same
place on the third "Wednesday In De-
cembsr Of the same year, and was OF
90 great interest and usefulness rs to
result In : full determination on the
part Of all interested to make the or
gani1stion permanent.
The territory embraced by the So
cisty was originally twelve counties.
10 which Black hawk was added this
year, masing thirteen. rs follows:
Tama. Washington, Iowa. Black
hawk, Benton. Johnson, Jones. Linn.
Cedar, Clinton, jackson, Scott aud
Muscatine.
The second annual meeting was
held ct Cedar Rapids, Dec. 2lst and
I'D, 1872, Ut which the following off,
GERS were chosen for the year just con-
cIu'ied BY the meeting a. Welt
Branch
President, Gr-enbury Wood, Spring
dale; Vice President. Suei Foster,
Muscatine; Secretary. Joseph l..
Budd, Sheilsburg; Treasurer, Henry
S,rohm. Iowa City Directors -Abner
Branson. West Branch; w. j. Aber-
nethy. Cedar Rapids; II. H. Smith,
Davenport q. A. Knowles, Lsporte !;
DR.. w. II. Rousseau. Washington.
The third regular annual meeting
was appointed TO be held At West
Branch, December 18th aud 10Th, 1879;
and .. necessarily some what abrldg-
ed report Of this session Is the subject
81 these columns, we will dismiss any
further preliminary statements and TO
our work.
wEDSESDAY, DEC. 18TH.
The Society met In the Friends
L fyk.ae ~oA 800. a.tt>xl - os1as ~,
President Wood 1t late hour iu the
forenoon. A quite full Attendance OF
members from all parts Of the Dis.ric,
was found, beside large number oi
the citizens Of the immediate vicinity
Who nilsd the room with interested
listener during the entire session.
Brief preliminary exercises having
lssen concluded. the first item on reg
uIar programme was producsd, name
~, very interesting paper upon Or
chard Pruning by Dir. James Red
path Of Biackhawk county. The gisi
0f the running discussion which fol.
lowed the presentation OF Mr. Red.
paths ideas upon this important sub
ject was ~ ID whether orchard trees
should be left with thick or thin tops.
The majority opinion seemed 10 favor
leaving them thick while the trek
w4s young aud afterward to thin by
pruning. supplying manure TO restore
the vigor Of the tree.
| Tine i-t OF apples l.
6e recommended a. having proved by
trial 10 be suitable to our soil and cit
mate was taken up. After genera
discussion, the list adopted Last year
was revised by adoptians aud rejecti ~
tho decision Ding reached b,
vote on each variety mentioned and
made to stand a. follows:
Simmer-Tetofski, Red As,rachan
Sw Get June. Oidenburg. Bennni, Ear
y Pennock, Early Joe, Williams Fa
vorite.
FdH--Maiden'sB iush, Cole . Ounce
Fsmeausr, Lowell, Bailey Sweet
Striped PIppin, Porter, Kentucky.
WIascr--Jonsshan, Dominic, Tall
man Sweet. Rawls's Jsnet, Ben DAv.
10, Perry Russett, Eng. Golden Rus
sstt. Willow, American Beauty, Wag'
ner. Minkier.
For 2riat-Clyde Beauty, Peaci
Pond Sweet, Grimes Golden. Stark
Betilemite.
! The spples were selected with spe
cial view. not only to soil and climate
q above indicated. but also to reject
ins varieties OF small size for thos,
larger snd bstter. The Red Jun, ane
Winesap. which were left upon tn,
list iast year. were now rejected.
w. o. Thompson. Of Biairstown
read IN essay upon Small Fruits
which was Immediately followed by
paper on Raspherries BY A. q. Chand
lee Of Downsy. Both the article
showed much Information upon TIL
subject and still more practical knowl
edge Of Its detslis. A discussion npo,
raspberries sprang up, In which nu
merous varieties were named and goo,
and bsd qualities claimed for them b.
the gentlemen taking part-not all o
vbon agreed in opinion. Faith i
the Mammoth Cluster and PhiIndes
phia varieties OF raspterries was de
veloped, while the Golden Queen an.
Golden Thornless were pronounced
humbugs. The varieties Of this frni
finally adopted for general cnltur
wsrs the Philadelphia, Miami, Doolit
tie, Ellisdate aud Mammoth Cluster
The Davidson rhornleas was adopted
for trial.
srwberriss csms next uader consid
Grafton. The usual running co'nn,en
upon experiences ~ith the various ~
risties showed commentator 10
Downing, Wilson. Early Scarlet, Col
fax sui urssDs's Prolific and con
desnnaticn Tor Mctcsirs Early, wild