Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-11
POMONA.
Her Devotees in Session in Fort Worth
Discuss at Length Her Won
drous Works.
Second Day Of the Fifth Annual Gath.
ering Of the Central Texas
Horticultural Society.
Interesting Essays on Various Topics and
Thorough Ventilation on some
Fruit subjects.


evening before, the Horticultural society
met yesterday morning at 9 O'Clock. The
president, Col. Veal, having been unex.
ipectedly called home Tor the day, Rev. ]
w. Brice acted as chairman.
An invitation was extended Hon. IL. f. |
Van Deman, United States pomologist,
II. V. Munson, first vlce-president Of the
American Horticultural society, and Mai.
j. Il. Foreman OF Wichita Falls to take
front seats in the meeting and participate
In the proceedings; the invitation was
also extended to representatives Of the
farmers associations over the state.
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS.
The first essay of the day was on "Soils
best adapted to fruit trees and vineyard
planting" by II. X. Harris OF Dallas
county. The ensuing discussion was
lengthy, being ON one of the most inter-
esting subjects of the meeting Only an
outline OF the opinions expressed can be
given this morning in TnE GAzETTE.
L. V. Munson OF Denison said he
would classify soils into light sandy and
red sandy. The light sandy requires fer
: tllizers. He advocates planting upon red
sandy soil containing iron and lime, and
l.. further, the continuous breaking up OF
any crusts which may form, as when not
broken, act upon the principle OF capil.
larry attraction and The moisture is
Z evaporated, but when broken up they act
as adequate fertilizers. The black soil
n he advocates for culture. Red soil for
n apples, chocolate soil for grape growing
Deems moist clay base the best in which
TO plant pears, which have few hbrous
!, !, roots but a strong top root.
Mr. MunaDn gnnIxa nf UnnlOUipal forum
tions resulting from stratefcatlons of
n previous and impervious and natural
n capacity of drainage,
II Col Matt Stevens of Forney strongly
advocated the study OF geology and
m mineralogy and botany, If the horti-
culturists and agriculturists expect to be
~ properly posted and educated.
Moi. Foreman advocated deep drainage
and deep blowing for the naturalization
of the alkali in the soil.
J. l. Whitaker of Tyler advocated
rich loamy pine land for fruit culture; for
!" the peach and grape, sandy soil enriched
with native leaf mould with deep clay
subsoll. For apple culture he wants
friable loamy soil, and thinks theory
good, but practical demonstration better
and that elevated light land should bC
used for peach, and that class of dru
ldnQS IOUUu III inc w toI luI pears
Mr.. Van Deman Of the United States
agricultural department, being callet
upon by the society to speak on this mat
ter, strongly advocated undertakings
and thorough cultivation for the admis
sion of warmth, light, moisture and es
sential gases.
IS Mr. Kirkpatrick would plant earl
N boomers upon lands of high altltud
M above the frost line and late bloomer
"a vice versa.
Mr.. Kerr expressed the opinion tina
- the vital point for horticulturists to evolv
y to be the warfare against the dead lands
b and thought that the previous speaker
"a had given well-grounded theories, whic
~ he hoped would be practically demon
, strated.
:" Mr.. Emerson gave his experience, say
,s ing he had grown fine fruit III Woo
~, county upon even boggY land, but tina
ne the water was live, moving water an
ne soft, not stagnant or containing bacteri
ny and alkaline constituents which produc
rs' fbrous root rot. A full discussion eI
IN sued as to what could be done with dea
u lands and the best trees to plant thereon
ven The sense of the meeting appeared to b
'eu that the peach is the most useful in this
direction.
N The committee on resolutions the
sh offered the following;
Resolyed. that after the discussion had "
recommend that the best land for Rener
planting is that which is clay subs0n, wheth'
Ia. BLACK or sandy surface, either with natural
srti6cial draiaage j. w. AUSTIN.
Chairman.
The essay on ''Fruit Culture" was the
OF delivered by s. ID. Thompson OF Weatl
erford. He had prepared a very clet
on paper on his subject, and spoke {
wherein he had failed rather than u
well-known successes he had mad
Does not believe in close setting of tree
~ A very general discussion OF the matt
v" of distances ensued, and members oil
fered greatly in their opinions and exp
rience, opinions placing the dlstan'
proper for tree setting at from twelve
thirty-six feet apart.
The hour for dinner having arrived u
= meeting adjourned to O'Clock p H. Z
y AFTERNOON SESSION.
The body was called to order at
~ O'Clock, Mr.. Brice in the chair.
= The absence of several essayists nece
~ STATED the dropping OF their SUBJECTS Il
n the present. o...,o,,,.,,
~ ]. r.. Johnson's essay on "Hortlcnltul
"a Machinery and Appliances was deliver
by that gentleman and large NUMBER
s. necessary implements In the growing
fruit were enumerated anu SOunniS"'
upon by the essayist' ,
ness having been closed before dinner, "
t Ours ~ = concluded and the committee
n, -0n ,,ons was called upon for their
a ,ag hort on the subject "hlcR W-s as
-- Lows: % Al
resolved, that II ID the sense Of Y
body that twenty feet apar. ~ cue .',,t p ire
. distance for the setting out Oh nun Wv
Y The report was adopted .,,,n
: The regular programme was resu,n
IA The essay on "Glace, or Cryst,slla
Fruit by Col. Nat Stevens sd.o fosl
was read. 1t was most lnte,es ~
document, detailing the process 'oi cr
ana talizing fruits and their value .,h
DR.. N. Stewart OF Fort worm
Misys liyered his essay on "The Best Api
have or Texas Growing" as follows
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