The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-02-05
STATE HORTICULTURAL 20.
CIETY.
Its Annual Meeting IN Sedalia

;. Ragan, Independence;
W. Slocum, Kansas City;
=. w. J. Coleman, St. Louis and about 6
teen Others.
r The meeting was cslled 10 order by .
c. Evans, President
Mr.. George Husman welcomed the Sc
ciety to Sedalla.
The following programme was adopted
!. AFTERNOON session.. -
l. Apple Culture
=. Essay on Peach Culture, by Geo. Hus
mann.
EVENING Session..
e Objects and Wants of the State Horticul
( tursl Society Of Missouri.
h TOMORROW MORNING.
]. Essay by Dr. Jno. A. Wander. Pre-i
dent Ohio State Horticultural Society, OF
e Forestry.
{ To- lie followed by discussion on Pear and
y Plum Culture.
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
Election Of officers and miscellaneous
business.
To MORROW EVENING.
| Address by Judge krekel, Of Jefferson
City, on II me Adjournment.
> Is MORNINGS session..
Small +. at Caitu.-Col. Colman said il
was q great I.,istake in farmers on!y plant
, ing apples and peaches. Small fruits were
more valuable than anything else to \ fam
lily. Many think il hard 10 raise strawber-
ries; it is not SO, as il is As simple Is rais-
ing potatoes, and large crops can lie raised
with little labor. Keep the weeds down,
and in winter cover with straw-not for
extreme cold. but TO keep of the winter
sun.
Wilson's Albany is the bes, Of all for
family or market. Capt. Jack Vas re-
ferred 10. but this variety is new yet; his
experience with it was very favorAble-it
vas little later.
Houghten's Seeding Gooseberry bore
immense crops. Currsnts did we'll on
no thern slope, or when heavily mulched.
of Kaspberries, the Miami or Mammoth
Cluster were the best. very productive and
invaluable 10 the farmer.
The Lawton Blackberry was easily raised
and generally profitable, a. we'll As the
most productive for market The Kitta.
tiny Was the best bearer and finest flavor.
II grew in hedge row-. After the second
season mulch heavily, then don't cultivate
any more.
Col. Coiman said he had found grapes .
| failure with him on the Mississippi bluff.
for i've years. lie was putting gu, a new
vineyard and expected four or FIVE crops
before the rot strikes them. Every farmer
should plant At least a few vines-they will
live as long as he does, and perhaps AZ
long As the family.
Mr. Slocum found thelrulture Of small
fruits, particularly raspherries, very profit
able and pleasant. He described his man.
ner of cul;ivating them
OF Strawberries, he considered Wilson's
Albany the best.
lie found the Lawton blackberry no
good, and Plowed il up. Had three or lou,
good crops of KIttatinv. bat they had the
rust now and he feared its effects. He tried
to eradicate il, bat thought his ground vas
too rich.
His grapes yielded poor crop last year,
the insects causing the berries TO fall Of.
lie gave instances of failures and their
causes, and why they did not fail at kelley's
Island. Catawba does we'll on the original
vine in North Carolina on the Catawba riv-
er. He asked, arc We not doing wrong in
pruning so closely? lie thinks the fungus
4 - e Il
pruning. Young vineyards do we'll, old
ones fail. He obtained five or six crops he
fore his whey ard commenced TO fail. His
vines were mostly Concord.
Mr.. Husmann said that the Cap
tain Jack strawberry was his favor
lite. II was more uniform in
size, better bearer and more profitable.
The Turner raspberry he found very good
1t was hardy, a good bearer, carried well,
and sold for thirty-ive cents a quart.
Mammoth Cluster, twenty cents. The
Lawton blackberry was tender, the Kit,a-
tiny also; but when they do produce they
bring good prices.
grapes for particular localities. About
pruning he had no fixed rules-they needed
different treatment In different yesrs. He
diseases. Every plant extracts from the
soil certain qualities necessary To its per-
lection: wheb these properties are exhausted
in the soil, the plant must fail. Hence we
must find out what Is needed and renew il,
etc.
Adjourned until l:50 p. m.
The Society met at the appointed hour
this afternoon.
a splendid display Of apples was e1-
hibitei. !"
As OF. reporter lief the hall Col. Col
man hs, he floor.
A number of members are expected on
the evening trains.
FIRST DAy-AFTERNooN SESSION.
The subject Of discussion yesterday after
noon was the apple. Some splendid speci-
mems were on exhibition as follows
From J. {. Evans. Harlem, No.: Ben
DAVIS. Winesap, Baldwin, Janet, Milan.
Rome Beauty, Smiths Cider. Pennsylvania
Redstreak.
From George Hu-mann, Sedalia, Mo.
Huntmans' Favorite, Ben Davis, White
Pippin.
From z. S. Raglan, Independence, M:
Clayton, Standard.
From -, Sedalia. No.: Huntmans'
Favorite, White Pippin.
Mr.. Evans gave hisexperience in the cul-
ture, gathering. packing and shipment Of
the fruit.
He was followed by Mr.. Raglan.
Col. Colman aiso gave his views.
Mr.. Husmann followed with some inter-
esting observations.
After general discussion and comparison
Of views, the Society adjourned until P. m.
FIRST DAY-EvENING SESSION.
The meeting Was called to order at go.
An essay from George Hus~man w.s