The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-06-30
srRAwBERRIEs.


" hAOh 10 hAd oROOAaAbys Ohn kAOW bnC
black raspberry as cheaply as corn. Used
10 stake and tie them up, which was
very expensive, now l pinch them back
she second year, then they branch out
and become self-suppOrting. In that
way get a perfect hedge of raspberries.
find 1t quite chOre to pick the berries,
as in the next few weeks L expect to
pick thousand or fifteen hundred BUSH
els. We use the bushel drawers, and put
In 80 full quarts. The dealers like this
best, as they make 40 quarts out of a
drawer, which affords fine profit.
We use picking baskets, holding four
quarts. Each picker takes row and
picks with both hands. When the bas-
drawer or stand. There Is a stream of
empty stands going to the p1ckers and
full ones returning, and the account is
kept with the pickers with checks.
In regard to planting berries In the
shade Of trees. My best berries are in
the shade OF an old orchard. raise the
Gregg raspberry, 6 feet apart and feet
in the row. If YOU raise your own plants
they will transplant best when they are
8 or 8 inches high, but don't transplant
on sunshiny day.
Mr.. Faust inquired whether any mem
Der had seen rust on the Gregg rasp-
berry.
j. X. Niesz has seen rust In the rasp-
berry, but his Greggs are only one year.
old.
Mr.. Dinner said, If your raspberry
stalks are getting yellow, dig them out
and burn them up, or 1t will destroy
your whole field. Don't plant Kitatinny.
Snyder IL good. LawtOn Is good. Three
acres brought me from $500 to $1,000
year.
W. G. Myers inquired, how long will
raspberTies be prOductiVeP
Mr.. Dinner has had them do well ten
years.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON VEGETABLES.
Your committee find on exhibition one
variety of potato, by Ida Mock. For
name, committee pronounce 1t the ''Vic-
tor" Good specimen from last years
crop. One sample by ]. Mock, "Mam-
moth PEARL" fine specimen, and one
large specimen Late Rose" by same
exhibitor. Both from old crop. One
sample, Beauty of Hebron" by G. W..
Faust; represented by exhibitor as an
excellent variety. New crop. One sam
pie by same; Rosy MOrn;" apparently
an early variety. One sample Of "May-
flower" by c. W. Faust. Also early,
all from new crop. One sample, "Clarke
No. l." by d. M. Slusser; quality said to
be equal to Early Rose, and in product
iveness superior to all his other fifteen
varieties of early potatoes. One fine
sample Of Red Beets by ID. M. SlusseT.
Respectfully submitted by your COM
mittee. LEWIS ESSIG.
SAML. ROCKHILL.
MRS. N. EVERHAHD.
j. +. ROTH.
MPa MCGpFCOp
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STONE FRUIT.
Your committee finds on exhibition
by Mr.. j. A. BOrst, a fine collection of
cherries, consisting of the following va
rieties: Gov. Wood, Kirkland Mary, Black
Tartarian, ROckpOrt Bigara, Goes
Transparent; all good specimens except
Black TartaTian, which is inferior. Mr..
H. II. Housed presents cherries for name
which your committee finds to be Early
Richmond.
Mr.. GeOrgs Freed exhibits what he
calls "Rine HOrtence" and Red Jacket, &"
but your committee believes the latter
to be Gov. Wood.
Mr.. C. W. Faust has on exhibition a
tWig of peach, which is Utterly covered
with fruit; the same is without name.
A. j. HERSHEY,
VIM. STRoVER,
IL. Fl. HOUSEL,
L. M. TAGGART..
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS.
The display of flowers Is unusually
good; committee find it diffienIk to do
justice to 80 large a collection.
Miss Nettie Huber exhibits very fine
bOquet of roses, honey and ferns.
Miss Lucy. POntius y bOquet Of roses,
sweet-william and faVer-fen. Miss Mary
Baylis, a basket of roses, clematis, even
ing prtm rOsea. A. Variagates gerani-
um ivy, by Mrs. Watson Wise. Mrs.
Ettie FausS3 bOquet of choice gerani
ums, roses, Verbenas and spray of eehe-
VeiraS Allie Essig. boquet of helitTOpe,
geraninms and dusty miller. We also
hnd, a basket tastefHlly arranged con-
siatlng of abutilOn, petunia, roses,
fuehsia, candy-tuft, begOnia, wisteria
and carnatiOn, by Mamie Wolf. Miss
Juiliard, of Louisville. exhibits bOquet
very tastefully arranged, also wreath
of pinks, clutzie and elder blossoms.
Miss Allie Sayler Also has on exhibition
boquet, composed Of rose buds, pan
sizes, mtgnOnette, verbenia and gerani-
nm, Mr.. Samnel Myers exhibits two
house plants, wandering jew, and hen,
In bloom, also a handsome cluster of
AuOoo AOooD anu 6OAlb bVbEIhSbluRb. MIS-.
M. N. Slnsser presents choice lot, both
In, variety and arrangement, three of
which, we will make special mention, a
wreath composed of fuchsia, daisies, ge
raniums, ferns: a cross of pansies, elder
blossoms and rOsebnds, and a triangular
design, cOlOrs blending nicely. Miss
ATtle Niesz, has three pieces, two bO-
quets, basket piece Of old fashioned
bachelor buttons bOrdered with cactus
and elder blossoms. Mrs. j. A. BOrst
contributes three circular bOquets, con-
sisting principally of roses, very fna
and fragrant. Mrs. j. X. Niesz Is the
deposition of a basket of flowers, commas
ed OF pansies, carnatiOn, enciTeled with
elder blossoms, syringa, etc, very. beau
tiful, also, two bOquets of rose, very
1ne. Mrs. George Lester has an exceed
lngly grand collection of pansies, alsr
3 Tyre, made up of fuchsias, pansi0 a
mignlOnette, jaequeminOk bud, clamet' is'
Mrs. 3. b. YOutz has two, pyEamidal de.
signs, and q plate Of FOsss, surmOn' nted
with a band of gEssl;: very elegay At i'm
'OlOr and desiGR..
Miss LibhAs Jones has large J,umber
II boqueta aud very beautiful DESIGNS.
composed Of almost every UIrietY of
green house and garden flOwP rs. which
20 be appreciated must bo seen. We
VIII only mention two basket ,ts of flow
srs. OF roses, pensies, garden Dinks. and
bells, the large sat and finest