Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-03
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Tue gl.ss meeting ~ the Hgglcai11ral -
eisgg held sf rhe karalsr's Club rgslas yes-
teslsy af5sfaa.51 .zs salts larzely Alte1osd
sne proved very interesting - those pfeeenl-
As sslzl TIE arst bali ho-lF sas devoted ~
..lasllons zld informal discussion. tts ase
~ zshss a. fertilizer 49, Discussed at eon-
Siderable leu glh. and "a ~ss the genera oE.ln-
Ia. that fere. @here they eaa - had Tor Eve
cents ger bssfsl. tass are among she cheap
ssl fertia1ers. IL 49, stated that YORK State
nurscsy elen @ers shipping ashes from AlaA-
.ssu sud u.lug them az cost u - cents
per basbel snd az that hgure considered
then cheaper than other commercial feltil-
ixers. Prof Beal 0f Lansing present,
and uFou the question, ~ bat is potato sab,
4, cause Aud care said that he sas of the
opinion that il @as caused b an insect which
burrows in the ,kiu- he had examined
.pscimeus and e0uid easily trace the bar
+ roSugs. Potash sas Dalaed as a remedy
{ Mr Knapp said be had noticed that = here
there we're plenty Of angle worms potatoes
we're scabbg he thought the worms gla~od
the skiu. Others thought the ScaD Que 10 al
excess Of ultre iu the soil Prof. Beal ad-
dressed tie society a. regard 10 the meeting
1T the American f0mOlOglcal society, y Nhlch
i. to occur in tais clty September ., lO and
II. Ii Is expected there vii be 40 delegates
4 present from outside the State and that
neafly a. many Michigan people Will attend.
III Uin bs q meeting for business, and ban
Quets. excursions, etc, are not expected a. q
part Of the program. All horticultural and
agricultural societies. farmers clubs, etc
a e. invited tO -end delegates There VIII ID
two lectures gwen during the session, prob
ably ia the evening. one on ECONOMIC Ento-
fnoloyy" " by Prof. Be-sey and the other OF
Injurious Fungi" by Prof. Cook. Tie
president OF the society, the venerable Mar
: shall T. Wilder, Of Boston, now eighty ID
years Old, i not expected 10 be present bu
large number of men OF natlona
! reputation as pomolOgists and hOru
cnlturlst- from all sections or tie cOun
try are expected TO be here. Among them ths
originators OF the Delaware and Concore
z grapes, The people here viii be expected Il
; furnish a suitable ball for the meeting and
: place for the exhibits, but they are not ex
3 prcted 10 furnish board and accommoda
p tions for the delegates. Mes7rs. ulier
z Cook and MunsOn constitute the local com
mfttee on arrangements. No premiums ex
e cept medals will be given for exhibits. Peac
e growers On the southern slope OF the Olar
p mountains have announced their lntentio
; OF making an exhibit. with which they ex
, pect to carry of the hOnOrs. Mr.. Cook ha
;, the promise OF an exhibit of pears and per
= simmons from Georgia.
IS Prof Beals was asked If II would not b
+ possible 10 retard the ripenIng OF straw
berries 50 as 70 have them on exhibition /
= September and replied that II might be done
= he said: Strawberries are like tadpoles.
II tadpole by being kept dark and cool may b
n kept a. a tadpole for years aud the growth {
70 strawberries may be retarded IN the sam
= way"
. The regular subject for discussion yeste
ie day Kas. Taste Ia marketing The discus
80. IN ,~sion after "a few remarks III regard To Il
.'n- @ questr0es of a tasty arrangement Of frul
ga which thes~les for market. drfted INTO II
a7 70 and wine measze OF strawberry boxes,
ns stated that most groobetween dry measu
in - - -. Hs - Nfs L. ,,ar..
-. nOunced that some of the growers 6e Al
'"' smaller boxes.