The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-21
MONTHLY MEETING
of the Stark County Hortlcul-
tural Society,
Held al the Residence Of Mr., |. NJ Tagaart,
at Canal Fulton, Wednesday,
August 9th, 1884.

DOLn ullllu hnu buuJs -,
This being the first meeting held In
the new tents, was also one OF inc lafg'
eat and most interesting held FOR some
time, caused by the display OF hne
fruits and lne flowers.
The Society was called TO order by
President Bayliss NJ II o'clock,
Minutes read and approved,
Mr.. Lewis Easig said no was In favor
OF the alluslOn 10 the County Display
of Fruits" In the minutes, and TO got an
expression from the Society no would
bring II before the Society In the form
pi a resolution as follows:
RESOLVED, That this Society make an
effort for display OF fruits at the com
ing State Fair TO be held NJ Columbus
September 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8, and q com
mittee OF Ave be appointed 10 take charge
OF the fruit and make the exhibit
Carried unanimously.
On motion OF j. II. Roth, j. II. Nleaz,
A. Il. Hanna, NJ. Bitter, Lewis Esslg ana
b. 7. Berleln were named as that COM
mittee.
On motion, the time Of holding the
September meeting at j. A. BorsCe In
GreentOwn, viz. September 81, was
changed 10 Monday, September lat, no as
10 give members an opportunity TO at
tend the meeting aud still enable them
10 attend the State Fair; and further,
for the purpose Of bringing together the
fruits for the exhibit ut the stale Ear,
30 az to enable the committee to select
good specimens.
And we would here call upon all fruit
ralsers In the county, whether they be-
long to the County horticultural Society
or not, 10 put forth their best Efforts 10
get good specimens OF oil varieties OF
apples, pears, plums, opricOts, peaches,
III any, &c,, NC, grown In the county,
and bring them or send them TO the
meeting September lat nj Greent0wn, or
send them TO j. II, Nles2, Secretary,
Canton, Ohio, or leave them at the hard
ware store Of Sherrlck ~ Miller Canton,
for him, not later than Saturday, Aug.
20lh, and they will bo given attention,
Molly Stark's children have not failed
yet In any good undertaking aud let
this be no exception to the rule OF ac'
tiOn.
Any ono having good varieties, and
not knowing the names, will b0 wei
NumVN an WN'A 10 NA"oV hN'A"h ~" W
rare varieties.
The tlme Of holding the October meet
Ing was changed to tho last wednesday
IN September as The printed date cor
lliCted with date Of holding the county
fair.
The Executive Committee was called
on for report on purchase OF tent, and
reported through the Secretary, that
they had purchased two tents OF Lewis
COhn, OF Akron, each TO cover 2Ox50 feet
when up, OF the best y ounce Stark
Duck, leltered with the S0ciety's name,
for the sum Of S75, to be paid within 10
days.
Report accepted and adopted.
The President appointed W, g. Myers
Jacob RupeTd and b. Fulton commit.
tee TO solicit members,
On motion OF Mr. Fulton, II was de-
cided 70 pay for the tents by subscrip'
tiOn.
The Secretary was appointed to solicit
subscriptions for that purpose
Adjourned for dinner, which was rel
ished with gustO that can not be real
lied or appreciated by those who were
absent; owing, no doubt, TO the fact that
we ate II undor our own "Vlne aud Fig
Tree" q, Q. TenD.
At 3 p. m. the Society was called to
order, and the following reports were
read by the Secretary:
REPORT on COMMITTEE ON ORCHARDS.
Your Committee on 0rchardsreport as
follows:
The cold wave that swept 0yNr the dif
ferent States on the 2Slh and Goth Of
May, aud The severe dr0uth that fol.
lowed during the summer undoubtedly
did much damage 10 fruit, Large Quan.
titles OF apples have fallen of and are
still continuing to fall Some varieties
are still full, while Others have scarcely
any We still anticipate one'hllf crop
OF apples In the eastern part and fair
average crop In the west nOtwithstand.
ing the ccld weather aud dronth,
j. RupRRD,
ID. Nj, SLus5ER,
j. Z, LAWRENCE,
Committee.
Mr.. President, am sorry that cannot
be with you nc this gathering; but will
give you an item Of report relative 10
our orchard, We are getting fair crop
OF apples, pears and qulnCe9, Apples are
knottylNndstlll dropping, Fallenwalters
have dropped enough already for two
years crop, and yet has enough NJ this
time for full crop. Grapes look very
promising We have one peach.
j. Mock.
REPORT or COMMITTEE ON APPLES.
II. Il. ROhror exhibits Red Astrachan,
Golden Sweet, Early Harvest and M
apple for name, which the committee
cannot name, though very nice apple
All nice specimens except the Early
Harvest,
Mr. Mock exhibita Red Astrachan.
Duchess Of OldrnOurgh very nico ana
an apple lOr name Which the committoe
cannot name. but resembles the Te.
t0piky very much.
ID. NJ, Slnsser exhibits Red AstraChan
for namei quite nice.
Josiah COrfell 0Xhlblto four very nice
Summer Queen.
A, r, Hanna exhibits Early Harvest,
Red AatrAChnn, summer Qneon and
Golden Sweet, oil Mica specimens.
j. X, Mcdowell exhibits Red Aslraehan
very nice specimen.
Mr., Bitter exhibits Rcd Astrachan and
Summer Queen, very rice specimens,
Lewis E.gig exhibits Tetopaky, Early
Harvest, TransCendent aud Siberian
Crab fair specimen.
A. Horshy, green, unrlpe apple for
name; too green TO name; and also an
Astrachan for name, aud a large green
sweet apple for name, which we call
Sweet Bongh; also u bunch OF nice Trans.
cendent Crab.
Mr.. Mohley exhibits four very nice and
perfect Early Harvest.
Benz. Fulton exhibits some very nice
Red Aytrachau and two apples no calls
Golden Sweets, but tho committee dis
agree with him, though the apple IL toe
green TO name, and bunch OF nice
Transcendent Crab.
B. T. Berlieu exhibits Red Attrachan
Tetopaky, Caroline June, Duchess o.