The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-12-22
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.


Its Annual Meeting In Emporia,
We gave last week short account OF
the session Of the Kansas horticultural
Society, ut Bancroft, Hall in this city, on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Of
last week, and the names Of number Of
prominent gentlemen and scientific men
In attendance. President Gale being abb
sent, Vice President Robt. Milliken, OF
this city presided during the meeting OF
the society. E. Z. Bancroft delivered q
very appropriate address OF welcome
which was neatly replied to by DIR. Stein
berg, OF Fort Harker. There was a good
attendance OF spectators throughout, and
an excellent display or fruit contribute
by number OF our most Intelligent and
interpreting farmers. r. q. Hallberg
added greatly to the display by liberaI
contributions Of foliage and other plants
from his greenhouse.
The day sessions were largely taken up
with listening to and discus ing the re-
nOrts Of the various committees appoint
ed to report standard fruit list tor Kan
Sas, aud on other subjects. The list of
fruits agreed upon as the best to Guilt
vate In Kansas was as follows, and will
be useful for preservation as q matter Of
Feferencel
SUMMER APPLES. Il, Cooper's Early
White; Z, Red June; 3. Early Harvest;
4. Lowell; 3, Red Astrach an.
AUTUMN APPLEs. II, MaIden's Blush;
J, Wine; 3, Rome Beauty; 4, RambO; 5,
Pound sweet. Aa \ cIoer apple, Smiths
Cider ranks first.
Rswles Genet; 3, Ben Davis; 4, Ortley; 8,
Missouri Ptppin; ., Gllpin; ., White
Winter Pearmain.
PEARs;-l, Bartlett; 2, White DOyenne;
PEACHKs.-1, HA!e's Early: .. Early
Crawford; 3, Yellow Alberge; 4, Heath's
Cling; b, stump the World.
CRERRIEs.-1, Early Richmond; ., En-
glish Muril.o.
PLUMS II, Miner,
GRAPEs.-l, Concord.
BLAcKRERRIEs.- Kittatlnney; 2,
Lawton.
RAsPBERRIEs.--l, Miami; 2, DooIit,le;
SrRAwBKRRIEs.-l, Wilson's Albany;
2, Downe' RS.
GOOSE BERRIRs.--American Seeding
CURRANTs.-1, Large Red Dutch; ,,
White Grape.
The orcnardists present mostly agreed
that apple trees should be planted in the
auincunx 1t preference to the rectangular
term, and about 10 feet apart, and little
deeper than they stood In the nursery.
and that the pillow should not be used
among them, though field crops can be
grown In young orchards with benefit to
the trees. Wrapping the trunks In grass
protects them from the hot sun, from rab-
bits, and insects, and does no harris 1t any
time OF year. Several gentleme5 read
very interesting essays, amsng which We
may msatiou hon. l. B. KelIogs's essay
on ''H ,rticuitura AS Related to Etuca-
tom; DIR. Howsly on Handling Fruits";
]. w. Robinson on "rhe Most Effective
Method Of PROMOTING Forest and Fruit
tree Cultivation; and Prof. Snow on
''Orniiholoxy," espe tally as relates to
insect eatiRg birds.
Ga Thursday evening. Prof. Tice was
to lecture. aud ths aLu ~r we 1 Oiled to
hear this distiugui Shed Cyc Que pr ignOsti-
Gated. He hadprepared = very Instructive
and interesting lecture, EN- body ing several
ingenious themes OF his own, together
with large amount OF other scientific In.
tormation, and the lecture would have
been very successful had 1t not, through
avery paipable bluuder In the man Ige-
ment, been preceded by tedious and I'M
looked for essay by soma venerable gen.
tlemau from abroad, whose .equanimlty
was so immense that he could take no
hint from the audience to sit down aud
give Prof. Tice = chance. It was nine
o'clock before the essayist finished his
manuscript and retired amid overwhel-
ming applause. Meantime many OF the
audience had gone home, and Prof Tice
felt that he labOred under q great dIsad.
vantage In beginning at so late an hour
HIS lecture, however, was decidedly in
teresting, and the audience only regret
ted that be was not given the VIII lie even
ing, as expected. The practically useful
information elated by the proceedings o.
the Society amply repaid all who atten.
ded, aud we regret that other calls upou
our space prevent US from giving fuller
report OF the proceedings. The glorious
success Of the Kansas Display at the Cen
tenniAl was an apparently inexhaustibls
subject OF cong ratulation, and the mate
rial benefits to result to our State In tn,
way OF immigration and revived efiort.
on the part Of present residents, were We.
~ clearly pointed out by gentlemen VIII,
visited the Kansas building at the Cen
tenniai grounds.
The session was on the whole very sat
isfactory one, and We believe no member
OF the legislature could have attended
without becoming convinced that an ap
preparation sufficient TO put the Herticul
tural Society on a self sustaining basis
wonld be eApending the public money IL
way which would be certain. 10 brius
IN ample return Of public good. Til,
Society was well satisfied with the &C
conmodAtions furnished 1t and the inter
est unaffected In the proceedings here.