The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-10-10
MONTHLY MEETING
OF the Stark County HOrticul-
tm'al Society,
Held at the Residence of Mr.. J. W..
KiTkp, on Wednesday, October
3rd-FuIl Proceedings.

canal Fulton, on Wednesday, October
3id, 1883 The weather being fine, the
attendance was quite large.
AZ li@ o'clock President Ruperd
called the meeting to order.
Minutes read, ana after being cor
Tected by inserting wv in the name of
A. Fox, in the report of Committee Oh
Vegetables. and IN the report of Com.
mittee on Grapes "BalmOn" should read
"falman." were approved.
The roll of the standing committees
was called aud vacancies filled.
Josiah COrrPll, from the committee to
arrange meetings for next year, re-
qunsted that persons wishing meeting
should make il known to committee.
Our host announced dinner ready, and
therpupOn the society took a recess IN
til 30 o'clock p. Ill, and repaired to the
magnificent table erected on the lawn
and loaded with the good things of
Stark county. About $50 people were
finely entertained.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Committee on Orchards reiterated
their former report. Small crop.
Committee on Grapes reports vines in
good, healthy conditions; good many
rOtting.
Mr.. Bitter reports good crop; thinks
not pound rOtted.
Mr.. McGregOr says the few grapes he
hau were very une.
Mr.. Bitter says fault of the HaT ford
prolific il that they Tipen irregulnrly
and drop off before they are all ripe.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES.
We, the Committee on Vegetables,
find Oh the table Ben Fulton, three
varieties, BuTbanks, White Star and two
Qneen of the Valley, a very good sample.
Henry ROhrer, three varieties, Late
Rose and Early Rose, and pOtatOe that
we did not name; it belongs to the Peer
less variety, Mammoth Pearl, or Mag
numbOnum,
E.P. CLAY, two varieties, White Ele-
phant and White Star; very good sam
pies.
Ben Fulton, sample of Gem Squash;
good sample.
Mrs. Echart, sample eggplant ex
ira large.
b. f. Berlien, sample of Mango pep
pers; very good. MOSES CLAY.
ID. NJ. SLUSSER,
Committee.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON BERRIES.
Your committee find the following
berries:
b. #. Berlien, Concord, Delaware,
Clinton, Martha; one for name. Aqua
rum Rogers, 10; all of them splendid.
One for name, which your committee
cannot name.
l.. P. Lawrence has one variety called
Certulia; very nice.
A. W. Fox, for name, which we call
Martha.
d. Slusser bunch of Isabella, very nice.
III. ROhTer, two kinds, one Isabella and
the Concord; both very nice.
b. +. Berlien has basket of berrleS'
consisting of one branch of Bidwell
strawberry, very nice; rather OIL. of
time; Barbury, very nice.
CAmOs Hershey, one sample of Isabella
grape; not a very fair sample.
MRS. B. T. BERLIEN,
IL. Il. ROHRER,
NJ. BITzER,
Committee.
Mr.. Hershey made a statement in ref
erence TO his grapes on exhibition,
which were formerly named Isabella
and some other name at some other time;
says they grew on the same root, and
were certainly the same fruit; treated
the stalk with sOapsuds. The commit
tee claim they are different from the
grapes exhibited by Mr.. Hershey at the
County Fair.
Mr.. Berlien says he examined the
grapes at the Fair exhibited by Mr.. Her
shey, and thinks they were different,
but MT. Hershey declares they grew on
the same vine, and certainly were the
same.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON APPLES.
The committee fiud on exhibition
large display of apples.
A. w. Fox has four orange sweet ap-
apples, medium size. Henry Fisher has
one apple for name, which the commit
tee call the Vanderyeer. Henry ROhrer
shows four varieties. One he called the
king, the committee pronounce as the
"pOund sweet; "One maiden's blush small
size; one tallman sweet, medium size;
one hyslOp crab, good size. Benz. Full
ton has sample for name; committee
pronounce it the Baldwin. Two fine
orange sweets, two red apples for name,
which the committee think are small
specimens of king of TOmpkins county.
b. L. Berlien shows one very large spec
linen of baldwin, one hubbard nOnsuch,
very perfect specimen; three ewalds, fine
specimens; three weStheld seeknOfuT-
theirs, fair; three bet gilly flower; one
apple for name, very handsome Spec1-
men, but name not known. OF pears
Mr.. Berlien shows three hOwells, one
keifer and three secke'S, and j. Z. Law
renee one for name, which the commit
tee regret thoy are unable to give. Mr.
ID. M. Slusser shows Two fine lUOkinga and
otherwise excellent pears, that we cam
not name. ID. NJ. SlusseT exhibits two
northern spys, somewhat OvergrOwn.
Jacob Gels has one yellow apple for
name; it is called the cracking" and is
thus described by Downing: Crack
ing" origin farm of Henry BargeT, Har-
rison county, Ohio. Tree spreading,
vigorous productions; fruit fair, large,
ronndish, slightly flattened, inclined to
comic, Obscurely ribbed, pale yellow with
slight tinge of red, thinly sprinkled
with large dots; flesh yellowish, white,
crisp, tender, juicy, sub-acid; good, core
large; valuable for cooking. October
and November. A. j. DOWNING.
Moses Clay has three king, very peri
feet specimens; three nOnpariels, good
size; three Rhode Island greetings and
three apples for name, which we unhes-
itatingly pronounce the Ben. Davis; fair
size. j. P. Lawrence, one sample Bald
win, medium size. and one Greening.
NJ. Bitter has the Stark apple, medium
size, fair looking apple. Two apples for
name which the committee fail to rec
Ognize
JOSIAH CORRELL,
b. L. BERLEIN,
GEO. s. LESTER,
Committee.