Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-17
Horticultural Society.

Ths regular monthly meeting was held
October 18th, in the courthouse.
An essay OF 'Strawberry Culture" pre-
pared and read BY Geo. F. Maitland, proved
very interesting and instructive. In the dis
cussion which followed, Mr.. Maitland said
that the berries did not change or mix
through fertilization, but the seed did.
That the favorable season had caused o
growth of strong and numerous fruit crowns,
which gave promise of q fine crop In 1856.
His choice of varieties were, Chas. Downing,
Crescent, Triumph, Sharpless. Ironclad.
Windsor Chief, Piper Seeding, James Wick,
Park Beauty, Daniel Boone, Manchester,
Vineland, Mt. Vernon aud Jumbo, the last
three for very late sorts.
Mr.. Maitland was voted the thanks of the
society for his excellent essay, and the
essay to become the property of the socie-
ty.
Mr.. Chas. Teubner gave as his choice,
Triumph. Crescent. Chas. Downing, Captain
Jack. James Wick, Harris Minnesota, Jersey
Queen and Kentucky. He said that Triumph
was fine for home use, berries of good quail
ty and uniformly large. and did well on
moderate soil.
On motion, Mr.. Teubnsr was requested to
prepare an essay for the next meeting, select
ing his own subject. He gave &c rape Gull
ture" as his subject.
The secretary was authorized to procure
blackboard for the purpose of illustrating
methods of culture, pruning, etc.
A rambling discussion then brought Out
the following answers to questions asked:
Geo. Maitland thought the effect of pollen
on fruit from another variety was manifest in
the product of the seed of fruit so fortified
and not in the fruit itself, though it may
fruit occasionally; he saw apples from a row
of Newton Pippins which grew on one side o.
the trees and opposite q row, Huntsman,
which had a more flattened shape than il
usual in Newton Pippins, and ascribed 1t tt
the effects of pollen from the Huntsman.
Mr.. Chas Teubner was asked if the body O.
a sour apple tree. upon which a sweet varie.
ty was grated, impaired any of its acidity t.
the fruit of the graft? He said it did not;
but that the graft always influenced the roots
In the nursery he invariably found the root
of trees characteristic of the kind with which
they had been grated. The roots of q cral
were hard and tough, while those of ordlna.
ry varieties were soft, yet both had beer
grated on soft roots. In regard to ever.
bearing %raspberrles and other fruits, b,
thought they were generally unsatisfactory
and Improbable.
DIR. Alexander states that a good way Il
transplant trees which were difficult to get Il
live, was to dig Il trench around and excavat,
partly under them on the approach of wintel
and when the ball of roots is frozen solid, O
SO as to form a heavy crust, remove to
ready made hole and fill up.
Mr.. Maitland gave as his reason why til,
calycanthus was SO hard to transplant, ths
the roots are very tender and quickly dry vi
If exposed but a short time to air, henc,
were too often injured before planting.
Mr.. Chas. Tuebner thought it was also be.
cause they have a mass Of fibrous roots, an,
unless they are thinned out and spread an,
soil worked in between them, the innel
roots will be smOlhered, while the outsid
ones are not sufficient or too much injured Il
draw sufficient nourishment from the soil
Also, that calycanthus are too often set GU
in grass yards, or lawns, aud starved out b,
the grass.
1t was resolved that the hour OF meetin,
for November, be changed to 1850 a. M, in
stead of 9 :36p. m.
The society adjourned to meet on th
second Tuesday in November, at at 10 80 a
M, at the Office OF DR.. w. A. Gordon, VIII,
| and aral ifS reo IN tho Sn.iaty
Mr.. Maitland's essay, which was an admir-
able one, is too long for our inside pages. I
| will appear next week.