Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-05
HORTICULTURISTS.
Regular Session of the Pilot Point Hor-
ticultural Society.
The Annual Meeting and Fruit Fair to be Held
July 80 and S1-CoL w. G. Veal Invited
to Address the Meeting.
Correspondence of the Gazette.

Correspondence of the Gazetts.
PILOT POINT, TEX. July 2.-The Pilot
Point horticultural society met in regular
session to-day July p at O'Clock p.
m, Vice-President DR.. T. n. Wylie in
the chair. Messrs. J. L. Sullivan and
N. Wilson were elected to membership.
The secretary reported a communication
relating to museum or exhibition jars.
He stated that jars ordered by the society
would cost S25. A collection was ordered
and the sum of S22 was subscribed by the
members present. A motion TO hold the
annual meeting and fruit fair at the Pilot
Point seminary on July 80 and 81
was passed without division. A COM
mittee on programme and arrangements
was ordered and the following gentlemen
were named by the chair: Chairman, j
C. Newbury; R. N. Johnson, j. A.
Drye, A. NJ. Ragland, J. A. Henderson,
J. w. Austin and H. K. Adair.
The society passed the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, that we invite the lady
members of this society to take charge of
the floral decorations and arrangement
of the ladies department of the far, and
superintend the work The following
ladies were appointed: Mrs. Julia New
bury, Mrs. H. D. Caldwell, Mrs. Sallie
Roger, Miss Fannie Davis and Miss M.
Baird.
DR.. Ragland made a motion to send
fraternal delegates to the annual
meeting of the East Texas hor-
ticultural society to \ be held on
the 10th, 18th and 18th of July,
prox. Agreed to, and Col. w. w.
Ross, J. G. Newbury, A. NJ. Ragland
and J A. Henderson were appointed.
A resolution was adopted requesting
Professor T. L. Brunk to delivers an
address on the natural history t de-
| structive fungi and the most practical
method of preventing their ravages in
our orchards, vineyards and gardens.
Col. w. @. Veal president Of the Texas
state horticultural association, was
also invited to be present and
speak to the question ''What Shall We
Do to Be Saved, or How Can We Prevent
| the Railroad and Express Companies from
Appropriating All that the Commission
Men Leave of the Proceeds Of Sales of
! Products of Our Orchards
| The society authorized the committee
to provide for other speakers to address
| the society and arrange programme.
| NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mr.. j. A. Henderson exhibited very
fine specimens of the following varieties
of apples: Striped June, Summer Queen,
Yellow Horse, Sweetbough, Saps of
Wine, Shockley and Transcendent Crab;
also fine specimens of cabbage, Early
Ohio potatoes and Stowell's Evergreen
| corn.
]. w. Austin had blackberries, Ohio
prolific plums, Osier basket willow, etc.
Mai. J. A. Drye showed samples of
| following grapes: Delaware, Ives, Her
bemont, Triumph, Rogers fifty-three
and fifteen, and Cynthiana. The latter
were especially fine and free from rot.
The other varieties showed serious rava-
ges of grape rot.
Mr.. D. V. Cretes exhibited an early
fat Dutch cabbage weighing fifteen
pounds.
Mr.. G. P. Davis had quite an attract
i've display of peaches and apples.
DR.. Ragland displayed samples of fol-
4 fawing grapes: Rogers fifteen, Berck-
mans, Peter Wylie, Elvira, Delaware
Batsii and McKee's everbearing. AlsC
samples of onions grown from seed sown
In March.