Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-10
HORTICULTURAL.
Tho First Days Session OF the Cen.
trail Texas horticultural so.
cieiy at the Pavilion.
A Display OF Fine Fruits Raised in Texas
and Interesting discussions ON
Pomologioai subjects.

The fifth annual meeting OF the Central
Texas horticultural society began yester-
day morning at o O'Clock, at the payll-
ion At that hour were gathered at the
place Of meeting the following members
OF the body: Col. w. G. Veal, president,
Dallas; j. M. Howell, treasurer, Dallas;
Mrs. J. r. johnson, secretary, Dallas; j.
r. johnson, Dallas; j. w. Brice, Terrell;
Il. ). Kennedy, Terrell; t. Il, Stanley,
Terrell N. Stevens, Forney; - Thomp- |
son, Dallas; j f. Emerson, Mineola; f. |
w. Kirkpatrick, Mckinney; John II |
Stone, Weatnerford; A.W, Irwin, Dallas; |
Robert Drum, Fort Worth; / A. Moore, |
Richardson; J. w. Austin, Pilot Point; X. |
g. Kelley, Fort Worth II. b. Burr, Dali
las; j. Q. st CLAIR, Fort Worth, and sew
eral distant visitors and some Of the clti-
zens of Fort Worth.
At the hour stated, President Veal
called the meeting TO order. Rev. j. W.
Brice of Terrell offered prayer. Mayor
II. 5 Broiles of Fort Worth, on behalf Of
the city, delivered brief speech of well
come, which was most happily responded
to by Col. Veal, who thanked the citizens
OF Fort w oIth for the friendship expressed
to the society through DR.. Broiles.
Roll-call was then mad and the members
present answered to their names
The committee on programme reported
that since the publication of the pro-
gTamme Of this meeting, valuable addi-
lions had been secured In the way OF pa
pers from b. 4. Ferno, chief of the fores-
try division, United States agricultural
: department; from Prof b. f..
Hickey j, of Wichita Falls, on
'forestry;" from Mrs. j. Q. ST. Clair, a
paper on "nowers, their culture, and
! what will grow In Texas" from DR..
Stell of Paris, upon "the culture Of the
4 magnolia in Northern and Central
Texas"
The secretary and treasurer made their
a annual reports, showing the financial OPP
0 erations of the body for the past year.
The work OF the morning, according 10
the programme, being exhausted, the ven
J cradle Nathaniel Stevens OF Forney was
1 called upon by the meeting to deliver hi:
essay on
''HYDRID, OR Ross.FERT1LizATIoN,''
n Mr.. Stevens gave an exhaustive treatise
;, Of this subject. He stated that there Is
natural disposition among almost al
fruits to vary In reproduction from seed
When one variety Is pollenized by the
mowers DDlltu vi duOAutA N"AANNJ ~ A.
reasonable ia expect mixed fruit, The
n honey bee is great artificial mixer OF th'
pollen of the different varieties; the hum
ming-bird is another, and much Of the
mixing is attributable TO the wind. Ii
cross.fertilizug there must be some con
geniality OF kind. Variations oitel
come about unexpectedly peacl
tree may some season bea
nectarlnes on one limb, while the rest o
the tree bears peaches. In the 1rui
kingdom we get no fruit without tn
flowers; no pollen, no fruit. Varietie
are hereby brought about which are In
capable of reproduction of It's kind fror
seed.
= Nature has her own way OF reprodu'
& ton in fruits and flowers; yet this ma
NJ be assisted by mans intelligence.
NJ Mr.. Stevens threw much light on IN
subject, and his essay was followed
disenaeies by .ha 'nar,lN"~a %" 49,
= ject. .,ssod aophts
H. Decentralization OF fruits Is az az uh VIZ
cd desirable, believing as he does lhat, WIN
II. the Immediate fruit might be oet'er,
, probably degenerates the stock
:, n Emmerson of Mineola folloWe
us and held that the better the rulp oil iru
,lo hacame. the more must the seeu OF =
nv fruit deteriorate; no matter from Wh
~ direction such improvement OF III
W comes II Is at the cost of the tree.
10 r. G. Kelly supported the theories
the essayist in regard to cross-lertlilh.,
W frnits and argued that reproouctl
oen from wear to year from the SEED the II
req Vii deterlorate finally, and Mr.. hen
favors cross fertilization IN or
rn thot the standard of perfection n
In be maintained. Mrs. j. X, Johnson,
NJ Howell and Robert Drumm gave IN
exnerience on the subject as pertslhlne
ma. 6nUer culture. The meeting then
iourned until after dinner.
/, AFTERNOON SESSION.
most interesting programme
G oil haan arranged for the afternoon sessl
INT as the members to whom suoJects
d or Seen assigned had not yet arrived IN
civ. the regular order could not oe
ioT TTnop invitation E. W. kirkpatrick
a, Ga Mckinney presented his very orlei
- dress on ,,xcn
as follows; c,ur,np
and cider is quite limited, ouV gu. ap
citation of these delightful oeNoi"e'
unbounded. mill contri
Few natural resources VIII CON- ond ,
more munincently to our heailh anu
tort than bountiful supply Oh L
wines and elder. a.o Il
When we begin to use more VI
vegetable product and less oil tne a. q,
z land mineral product, we VIII ,., De O. a.
. eliminate many Of the perpleA,iuisS , :,
: in the great problem of human'@'"'
perfecting our race ~. ,a.o IN
* Let us have more Of the pure l ~
) ina tynIts and less bad water ana ~
4 s amy the blood ana brain OF our -
"A viii be better able TO gather i,i. tne Us
VI sason from the chan OF iallacS a
n Much Of The terror and sorrow ,lS ~ !
,ro,n the use of alcohol mlgns pe -
,nto peace and Joy by the use Oh
ND more natural beverages. 80
"a II The idle soil about all our ne
~ oversowing with the qualities 70 n Il
y these delicious beverages, ana OH
j. onr Willingness TO SOW ana res ays {
" MANY Of our friends Eere As Inn
~ making app