Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
Meeting OF the Statc horticultural
society.

Meeting or the state horticultural
society.
q DAVENPORT, Iowa, !
Ell January 70, 1873. {
II EDIToRs COURIER :--In complianc
!. with an invitation extended by tn
i Scott County Horticultural Society t
, the State Society to make Davenpor
/ the place for holding their annual ses
sion, the members thereof assembled
here Jan. 2Ist, and those arriving OF
the previous evening were waited up
on by Committee Of Reception, VIII,
had provided homes for the delegates
among the best families of this city
during their stay.
At Q o'clock, q. M, Jan. 81, the meet
ing was called to order by Pres. Sue
Foster. followed by prayer by Sec
| Smith, Of Davenport.
Secretary Adams report was listened
to with much interest: the necessity
for greater culture Of flowers by oul
| farmers, and tho crlture Of forest trees
was dwelt upon with emphasis. A
| spirited discussion in regard to the
practicability of selling fruit by ,ceight
was ably argued pro and con. A pa
per on Entomology, by c. E. Bessey,
3. S., of the Iowa Agl College, was
read, followed by discussion.
The programme for the remaining
days Yves submitted and adopted:
Wednesday morning-Report upon
apples by L. H. Calkins and II G..
Shear; discussion and revision of list.
Afternoon--Report upon small fruits,
Mrs. Emily +. ives; revision of list.
Evening Election Of officers /;
essay upon hardy Towering plants by
1T. Temple.
Thursday morning Pears, cherries
and plumbs. Afternoon Essay on
Structural Botany and it's relations to
Horticulture, by j. l., Budd essay
on relation Of Scientific Botany to Hor-
ticnlture, by c. G. Parry; discussion
on Hedges. Evening-Hedges and
Forest tree culture.
Wednesday Morning: The Society
met according to adjournment. Mr..
e. II. Calkins reported that the quail
ty Of the apples was not quite equal to
some previous years, but that thou
sands of barrels had been shipped
from the few river counties to tho
northern and western portions of the
State. The report was quite full, re-
commencing the following varieties
for cultivation in the southern portion
of the State--Early Varieties: Maid
ems Blush, Fameuse, Rambo and
Striped Sweet Pippin. For Winter:
Dominic, Jonathan, Ben Davis, jan
nette and Willow, with the addition
of Smiths Cider and Small Romantic
for cider-making. A profitable dis
cussion and review of the list occupied
the remaining time before adjourn
ment. The list for the Southern dis
trict was changed only by dropping
the Red June.
For the Central district the Red June,
Late Strawberry and Roman Stem
were rejected and Dominic and Eng
lish Golden Russet were added.
In the Northern list the Fall Orange
was substituted for the Blue Pear
main.
In the afternoon Mrs. Ives essay on
Small Fruits was read and received
with much favor by the meeting
From that it appears that, all things
considered, the Concord grape is the
grape for the Million" although there
other varieties preferred for single
points Of excellence. Tho Wilson's
Albany among strawberries hold the
first rank, as the Doolittle is almost
universally preferred among the Black
Cap raspberries.
Miscellaneous business followed the
essay, among which were the appoint
ing of committees for various pur-
poses.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The evening session was devoted to
the election of officers for the ensuing
year, the result being as follows:
President--G. 3. Bracket, of Dem
mark, Lee Co.
Vice Prcsident-W. C. Brewster, of
Davenport.
Secretary. s. Budd, Of Shclls-
burg, Benton Co.
Treasured. Leonard, Of Burling-
ton.
DIRECTORS.
First Decentralization, Henry,
Louisa, Des Moines, Lee, Washington,
Van Buren, and Keokuk-E. H. Calk-
ins, of Des Moines Co, 2 years.
Second District-Davis, Union, .Lu-
cas-, Clarke, Monroe, Appanoose,
Wayne, Decatur, Ringgold and Wa
pello--Emily F. Ives, Of Wapello,
year.
Third District-J. w. Strohn, of
Montgomery, 2 years.
Fourth District-O. S. Nichols, of
Scott, 2 years.
Fifth Districs-J. Doran, of Linn, 2
years.
Sirth District-C. L. Watrous, of
Polk, / year.
Seventh Distylct--H. Dayton, of
Winneshiek, years.
Eighth District-E. r. Hcrsz, of
FLOYD, year.
Ninth Distgict-Po Postponed.
Tenth Dist,ict--R. M. Day, of Har-
rison, ] year.
DAVENPORT, Iowa,
asNf#sME T~.r.... 81 1910