The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-02-23

GA che 1871 dsy OF Teoru,ry, 1893, not
urftbstaudiug mud and dnzsuug intu,
Earac numbyr OK the members sud frisndh
81 tne Stark Gouuty hgrWcuituFal Society
ua9s az tuu beautiful home UI Watson
Wise uu Harrison avsuu', Canton. No
more appropriate place CUuid nave been
aHlectpd foe the meeting, as Ac. and
Mrs. Wise ars living and moving answers
% ths question, docs Horticulture Pay Z"
Hourteen years ago they BOUGHT hve
Reras of land with but one Euudred dol
lees in hand 70 pay Oh the same.
You might have seen bundreds OF young
nan about that time, sitting on etorC boxes
trtsitttiug and rutsinz the hard times and
knowingly saying TO each other, "yon
eau do it.'
ssNo man can 90 onto farm, large or
nn1 all. snd make living and pay for tue
faru.N
That hundred has increased TO thouss
ands now, sail whittling, still cursin2, and
che iivcR ot our hOst aud hostess say to
dbem tolly, "you are liars and crnakers,
aud tha truth abiies not win you"
AtIl:3O >. n., Secretary R1cShiil called
che meeting 90 order, and ia tue absence
OF d 11h the pragidsut and ytcJ PRESIDENT
lDn1i mated J, +. Roth fOr prssiient pro
9he minutes OF the January meeting
were road and approved.
Under IN. bead OF uUhui3hed business,
witt the Sthtr ha-dCulturaI society was
Egad 10y }. Il. N'ss2, and gdop,ed with the
8lIa uks OK lhs sOclety to Mr.. Autisther
and thp committee for the very valuable
EtDcun sgI Following Is she report:
REPORT FaoM STATE SOCIETY.
The annual meeting OF the Ohio State
Horticultural society was held AZ TOIpd0,
OHIO, on December IA, 10 and Is, 1892,
TIE N setiuY was called 20 order b. Press
ideut Campbell.
The flrsg ou progrsmmg wAstIe reports
cG Ad Interim cummluor, and county
Gocjeties, and discussions thereon. The
committee was present With shs exception
az three members and the reports Of two
ut these were received ~ mail during tUe
meeting, making almost fui report.
Several equity societies were represented
hy delegates, who gave both Tutteu aud
FerhEl reports.
~ she regorts Of Ad-Iularin committee
toe fruits wure snort cr0p EhrCugb0ut
NLe state, excepting pea: ami ul'nCr
which werH almost a IUll crop everywhere.
Small fruits wore general crop llrouuh-
1Gt sIs state, and prlccg received Tor them
s,ETg general rAgstUCHD3, .stfaWIarIi d
produced % far crop. IGg growth OF
ptaUis In a.ms SECTIONS was CuprAgl by
dTY weather 10 tho fIll Of 1891. .gho wet
weather duriug the picking season made
fhe bgrr.e8 soft and Ila uriu.z low where
varieties tested t.G Loot seasln, MJ3aiug.
sEgul, Baritone L 'ipge, Grueavlilc, L1yata
Early aud BgtItT.oCd seem 20 be- the
EaTOTiteg. l. is believed thai the GrgcD-
7sllls viii take tae place % the BI1ach l.
is q better plant producer anu tla burriae
are w 5re uniform ia SIZE. W1rGslL
Esygrlau0, GrldW LIH-HC", BIJpCI agd
Cregc0ut sull are the fay0rlies for Tls lsrket
growers. Parker Earl has not progcn
- slisfaCtUfy, although NJ. P.'.ss and
Nc. Farmer o. PULASKI, n. Y, tad picked
Es}pO guagts from Uua-!lEh of m acre. No
one Jayre reported sLau good results. All
alOUgut isgeg mora frut :lau j., could
ustUre, aud N ia y"ry few D'Auts.
ADtrsCuuss on the raspberry seems 10
Hs on the increase. Spraying wrh the
y 1rteauE mixture has gwen good results
and mutt DO re50rted 20 50 s5 90 insure
good crops. The Palmer for uu
early berry is well spoken Of. Il ee~ms
90 Do EHaIEu.LT and less sIaCtad win
&Bsarnca23.s than the IyLrr and
SoUhagau.
yielded @ good "rlu tI'NlEA ID. tls ~ CO.,
w1Gca sntt for good prices. rho cf.agr
will be ite-sa8. q. #Ls Snyder 81 ig r..E.s
tLs lead, nU. .e LI. - flu gHaln-
gToTuI, f % yreGE dlua.I I,- p.nn.s $
Ead the Inquiries .B 3 10 itB lRrd4rs5 ffe
any iudic.u3o0. Mr.. Piaccs said II had
Sailed hut wee Ou hls iali In fourteen
years. Mir. Trey OF near Toledo
said the Erie stood the winter as
we'll &c the Snyder with him.
The Dinner AMI E.dorAdD we're spoken of
EAvorbiy. The Reports Of anOther season
uuly cOnilrm the opinion that we must
NpraF tree fiult2 a1d vines to get the beat
81 reeults. Mr. Green gave several
EoGmulRs Tor spraying some OF which /
failed 70 get correctly. He said the
circulo mi fnt be held in check by using
She following mixture: 42z OF Sui,
or Paris green and 80 gallon9 OF water,
would use tle above in double
etssngth for the grape with one-hsIf the
arm oOut of Paris green, to he applied be-
fore the buds were open. For American
varieties of p!ums use two ounces Paris
Rrssn. The cafe wsy Is 70 dissolve the
fuRred ents separately, tnen mix and 1t is
Tesdy for use. He said when asked how
sEsueb lime could bs used that any amount
could be used Without injury but one half
pOuad was all you could dissolve in ono
barrel Of water. Mr.. Green advised early
spraying, and when asked In regard to the
Amount Of Paris green to use said that
aWe could use II double strength before
the buds were upenedn-in fact could not
hurt them. He thought that too heavy
aud long continued applications injured
she looks OF the fruit. Thought two ape
YfiuEfiOna after the fruit ia set to be suth-
eienE. He used the following formula for
.ho spraying OF pears with satisfactory
results-for pears thought to be better
than any other:
Copper carbonate oz,, Paris green
On, amouin2 2 qts, lime o., water 30
gals, the copper carbonate and Paris
ssresn to be dissolved in the amoDiA, after
Whlch add tho water and lime. II would
Gesm from the reports given by different
yzFdes vino practice spraying, that each
cue have a formula Of their own for
Instance one man took one barrel
Of water put iD one bushel Of lime and let
az stand until be is ready to use it. Aa-
other man mixed a large amount ahead
aud dipped out 30 many gallons Of water
TO o. pound OF ingredients. This man
came the nearest following the formula
given by Mr.. Gcaen. But II was not
Lhought the hes. as the amonia escaped
and abe mixture did not improve with age.
Mr. Green thought II best TO bo applied
5g few hours after mixing.
When she report from Stark county was
road quite . discussion was raised and all
seemed 10 he OF the opinion that IL would
not bs adyisahle TO offer premiums for the
eShjbitB of fruits, Also Mr.. NieGZ'5 rec
marks that people would not plant
orchards, received considerable discus
1ian aud thought by several that the plant.
tag Of orchards was not keeping up 30 the
times as the demand was greater than the
Edpply. The president delivered very
aJls address which was well received by
the society and the notes on tests of
different varieties of grapes were worth
con siderable to those interested in grape
e1lture. He complimsnted the growers OF
fhs lake regions on their abundant
crop, which was honestly packed
and deliver to the consumers at reason
able prices. He said he intended TO make
= display of his productions a. the Worlds
RSiC, aud urged all of the society TO pre-
pare something for that purpose. we
think from the report given by the com
Mittee Of the Columbian Exposition that