The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-02-08

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Kansas CfrS. No. Jsn ~ "
The Mississippi Valley Horticultural So
ciety reoonvcned this morning . ten
O'Clock. many delegates arriving BY the
early trains from ~ Middle and Northern,
States. Over two hundred delegates are
now present from twenty States, three be-
ing from Connscticuk The display offruit
d very fine. In addition % the horticultu-
raj display proper. there arr on exhibition
various specimens Of wood indigenous 70
the different soils lying between the Allan
tic and Pacific slope. One 81 the specimens
Is small slab cut out Of IN Usage orange
tree which was reported 70 have had q
growth a. threc hundred years and 70 have
Ian buried up~><rd Of two centuries.
The FIRST paper this morning was BY Mr..
Dinner. ~ Dayton. o.. on tho culture of
raspbcrries, after which irrigation and
Guit-ra,Sing In Colorado was discussed. ID.
:. Grimes. ~ Denver. leading. AZ the A.
ternoon session Colonel ID. ~ TwitcbeIl
welcomed the visitors on bchalfo 81 the city.
and the annual address was delivered BY
President Earle. ~ Golden. iii. Ex.Gov-
ernor Morton, Of Nebraska. alluded 70 the
death of Dr. Warier. well-known horti-
culfurist ~ North Bend. O.. and q rcsolu-
ton o. respect was adopted BY the Associ-
alton.
Al the evening session oliver Gibbs. OF
Minnesota, read q paper on the future of
fruit growing in America, and was fol-
lowed by Ex-Governor Furnas, Of NebraS-
ka, on "Forestry on the Pacific Coast"
The meetings are largely attended. anu
more delegates ARE arriving BY every train
KANSAS CITY. Mo-. Jan. -.
The most important business transacted
BY the Mississippi Valley Horticultural
Society to-day was the election Of officers
for the ensuing YEAR aS follows: President.
Parker Earle, Golden, Ill. y: Nice-President,
+. II. Hudson. New Orleans, La: Score
tnry, ". II. Reagan, indianapolis. Ind;
Vice prssi.nts: n dhmrr nax, NJ s' ~.
J. l.. Lyon. South Haven. Mich: T.. y.
Teas. Dunrcith. Ind. Prof. r. y. Bntfill.
Champaign, Ill; George y. PETER. fewau-
kee, Mis-: NJ. Peafce. Minneapolis. MIMI;
ex-Governor X. NJ. Furnas, Brownsville.
Kas; d. = Grimes. Denver. Col: isrof. j.
i. Budd. Ames. Iowa; l.. n. Nolan. Little
Rock, Ark. ". NunsOn. Denison Tex
Prof. J. =. Colmant. Agricultural Crl-
lege. Mo-: DR.. Chas. Meier. Motnl-.
Ala; Elisha Moody, Lockport,. n: ~: r.
Bowling Green, Ky; = kagan. Independ-
ence. No.; Dr. Samuel Hape, Atlanta, ca.
A. VI. Campbell, Wheeling ". Va.
During the afternoon and evening scs-
sion interesting papers were read. a> fol-
lows: market Fruits ~ Kansas City,
Fruit Packages" b +. r. Hollisier. of 81.
Louis; The Value 81 Careful Packing ana
HANDLING" BY +. ~ Williams, "a Indian
The Committee On Nomenclature consist
Ing q Messrs: Sylvester johnson. n +. =.
Burrill, Il. y. Pierce, j. ii. Hale and J. IA.
Mesters. submitted the following report,
which was adopted:
Your Committee on Nomenclature beg
leave 70 report that We indorSe the recon-
mendatons made by Hon. Marshall r.
Wilder. President Of the American Promo
President, Mr.. EnrIe. looking tosa SimpIiii.
cation and uniformity of the names ol the
fruits Of America, and recommend She sol-
lowing rules to-wit:
]. Every fruit should have one. ana but one.
= II tcnablc this name should hc the snrli-
ct one published - hereinafter rrOs idtt
q Each name should consist a. one word
should ~ readily rfonouncable In the Enfii-h
language.
Il Nj name should be considered authorized
nIIy accessible horticultural pcrh5dic,.l Il com
panied with cleur and run description IN the
fru.t: such published name aud description
CHRONOLOGICAL society AMI " tht Secretary on
the Missouri Valley Horticultural society
8 IN carc<Df doubt ~ % tcriahiIity. priority
a. good English word. spccial action ~ ihe
al Owe named societies. or hy a state HorticuI-
tnr.l society snould bc considered valid and
s. 40 variety IL fruit shah 10 nnnsed ~ a
society which II NOT esteemed practically salsI-
able aud worthy u cuItiva,ion: this report 20
American Fromoloxic4l <0ricfy.
The Committee ON the horticultural Ex-
hibition &C the Worlds Fair Ia New Or
leans next December made a report;
y tse srtion " resiasnf Eari 1 II ~ n nna
ter; second, recommending TINT the Gov
errors " States he requested u appoint
commissioners 20 aid the scheme: third.
that II b. made known that ,alI appoint
ments must be made before February 10:
fourth, that all States bc asked % place
their products on exhibition; fifth, that
genealogical organizations be informcdtha
the earlier varieties OF fruit can be carried:
sixth. that . general meeting 81 the dircc-
tors and commissioners b. held a. soon ~
possitl: seventh. that the states bc asked
y vote ait ~ the exhibitions; eighth. that
The States wanting emigration t. cspcci-
ally urged % advertise their States by
sending their pr ducts 70 the exhibition. "A
comparison was instituted between Kansas
and Minnesota ~ che Centennial Exhibi-
ton. The FORMER spent $1,000. the latter
nothing. AMI n four years after. the popu-
lation ~ Kansas hal increased 503.o35; OF
Minnesota. lsiCCG; the wealth 81 Kansas.
<l21.OO.ul: Minnesota, S%,,nuu,OOu. Tho
report was adopted A. read.
Al the session On Friday the Committee
on Forestry proposed 4 resolution, which
was adopted, calling upon the Government
~ establish IN the West experimental sta
tion~ IN the interest ~ horticulture and for
cstry, Tor the purpose ~ solving the prob
lem of adaptation 81 trees and plants ID the
climate and soils of The Mississippi basin
and the best methods OF cultivation. The
resolution further recommends the creation
of Board ~ Forestry and Horticulture III
Che West. which shall establish sub stations
y foreign countries having similar climates