St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-19
FRUIT and SORGHUM
Discussed by the State Horticulturists
Yesterday
A SERIES OF GOOD PAPERS
On Practical Subjects Growers of
Amber Cane in the After
noon.

The display of fruits; syrups, vege-
tables and flowers at Market hall yeSter-
DAY, the second day of the State HOrti
cultural society, was something remark
able. The specimens of apples and
grapes shown were exceptionally pleas
ing, and called out many expressions of
praise. The fragrance of the flowers
filled the room, and the combined OdOrs
gave one the impression that a liberal
supply of musk had been used in the
room.
READING OF PAPERS.
The proceedings in the morning were
OF somewhat technical nature. John
5. Harris, of La Crescent; George w.
Fuller, of Litchfield, and A. w. SiaS, of
Rochester, comprising the Seeding COM
mlttee, each made separate reports de-
Scrlbing the seedlings they had visited
in various localities. The report was
very encouraging.
.. Nj. Lord, of Minnesota City, pre-
scented the report of the committee on
native fruits. The report dealt at some
length with Indigenous shrubs and
grape, crab and plum, all of which Mr..
Lord thought would thrive nicely if
cultivated properly. The report on
russian apples was presented by Charles
Luedlotf, of Carver. One serious
trouble in Minnesota, he said, was the
falling of large quantities of snow be-
lore the ground frOZe in the fall. He
closed by naming some of the varieties
OF the Russian apple which thrived best
in Minnesota. j. S. Gray, of Minneap-
0llS,ln presenting his paper on Forcing
Houses for Vegetable Culture in the
Winter gave description of hot
house; 1t was best, he said, to have
these houses about twelve feet wide,
ana run them north and south. The
heat should come in from above. like
the sun heat. He placed the cost of
running six large hot houses at IS. rs
per week. The following committees
were appointed to act as judges Oh the
prize essays:
Orchardlng and grape growing: j. M.
Underwood, E. III. S. Dart, NJ. Pierce.
Strawberries and RaSpberries: r. A.
Lothian, .. f. Brand, Col. j. III. Stew
ems.
BlackberrieS and dewberries: J. S.
Harris, a. w. SiaS and William Lyons.
THE AFTERNOON
was given over to the State Amber Cane
association, which held its twelfth an
nual meeting. Capt. Russell Blakely
was absent and the meeting was called
W oAoSi ny UiiC NICC pItSlutIl. ~. Ddys
The reception of members followed, and
number of new names were added to
the membership roll. The report of the
treasurer showed that the receipts of the
society during the past year were IS
and the disbursements S2.25. B. DenS-
more. of Red Wing, presented an inter-
eStlng paper on the Improvement in
Machinery and Process of Manufac-
ture." ut was not long ago." the
speaker said, when all the machinery
used in the manufacture of sorghum
was very crude. Now it is almOS
perfect III every respect" He gave
detailed description of how the cane was
prepared and worked into sugar or syrup.
Prof. E. ID. Porter, of the Experimental
farm, gave an interesting talk on the
subject of extracting the sugar from
cane and beetS. He gave a graphic
description of how the machinery used
looked and worked. and went into de-
tails at some length. The difference
between glucose and sugar he clearly
defined, and claimed that glucose was
not as harmful as many supposed. The
reason that the manufacture of syrup
had declined in Minnesota in the last
few years was because the men who
We're most actively engaged in the work
had nearly all gone into other business.
Seth ii. Kenney, of MOrristown, pre-
scented report on the present condi-
ton of the amber cane industry. At
the conclusion of this essay, reports
from growers and manufacturers of
amber cane were received. The old
officers were continued for the present
year. They are: President. Russell
Blakely, st. Paul; vice president, D.
Day, of Pennington; secretary and
treasurer. E. d. Porter, ST. Anthony
Park; executive committee, Russell
Blakely, Ditus Day, S. H. Kenney, j. F.
Porter and G. L. Smith. After this
election general talk on honey was
held.