The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-04-27
HORTICULTURALISTS.
A PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE MEETING
At MASSlLLoN.

A Number of Important Reports, oon-
tanning Much Information OF Value
Entomoiogist nHc9regor Talks Of In
sects.
The April meeting Of the Stark County
Horticultural Society, in charge OF MIR
and Mrs. Henry Beatty met in G. A. n.
hall, Massillon, on the 18th day OF the
month, with goodly number OF members
present.
No session was held before dinner, but
the president got his standing committees
to work on their reports, so that after the
dinner hour, spent around most bounus
fully supplied table, large amount OF
business was done in short order.
Minutes of previous meeting read and q
typographical error in the name OF
"LenminRn corn was ordered corrected
and the minutes approved. Standing
committees reported as follows;
ORCHARDS.
Committee on orchards. The prospect
for fruit 10 still flatteriug, most varieties
still have an abundance of good buds,
while some OF the tenderer varieties
among the stone fruit were winter killed,
and will not have afull crop.
At my place most varieties OF apples
appear exactly as though they were spriq
bearers for some reason. / have heard
the same from others, In our locality the
late frost did no injury 80 far as known,
except to apricots, which does not, how
ever, appear to be the case all over the
country.
Mr.. Biizer has q new variety peach,
extra full of blooming buds, which argues
for it's hardness and perhaps good Kind
to plant. hope he will give us the true
mama NJ Onr npNt n1pptin1.
LEWIS Ess1e, Com.
VINEYARDS
Your committee flnd the grapes In good
condition. The prospect for strawberries
never was better at this season of the
year. HENRY BEATTY,
J. Il. HAYHURsT.
APPLES.
Lewis Essig has too varieties OF apples
on exhibition, Roxbury Russell and Bald
win, both well preserved and good specs
mems.
These specimens were kept in the
ground.
S. Il. Rockhill shows Rome beauty,
good for this locality, but com nittee sug-
gests that the homo of the Rome beauty is
further south.
VIM. Huston exhibits the Tulpahocken,
two very nne specimens, we'll preserved.
N. e, MyG 4 has Seeding for name
which the commiue call Seeding from
the Ban Davis.
The comm,tte call especial attention to
the exhibit OF MIR. Eesig IS being very fine
aud recommend his method of keeping
apples, in the ground, aud also recon-
mend picking apples in the dark OF the
moon. N. Il. MoFFET,
j. b. Roth,
Nj. BITzER,
VEGETABLES.
VIM. Huston hap on she table nice
specimeus of "Burpee Earlyn and Early
Sunrise pstatoeg.
n. E. Moffet has two varieties for
name. o le rrseu blrs "White Eiephantn
the other the White Star.
The same exhibition shows we'll preN
served specimens of Yams.
Adam Dietz has, for name, specimens OF
onions, Committee cannot name them,
but the specimens are large having grown
during the winter without covering.
n. L. Moifstt has on the table good sam
pie Of "Chestnut Bur" corn which exhib.
itor recommends for lazy farmers, as ii
produces in spite OF weeds. Committee
therefore want the samples.
Mr.. Moffett also shows q peach tree root
afflicted with black knot to such an extent
that the tree was killed.
W. G. KITzMILLER,
WIN. HUSTON.
The display OF flowers although not
large is quite choice. Mrs. N. Z. Moffet's
collection is very beautiful and is com,
posed of Narcissus, callas, roses, viotets,
hyacinth,pansies, myrtle, smilRx, crocus,
grape hyacintb, gerauiums, petunias and
emAryllias; Mrs, William Huston ex-
hibits bouquet OF hyacinths, daffodils,
narcissan and golden bells. Two daphne
plants, the property of Mrs. Beatty, very
Il -
amsry llias, wandering Jew and rubra
begonia, exhibited by Mrs. Jas. Fletcher
JAMES BAYLIss.
ALLIE SEYLOR,
Nd. II. RoCRHILL,
CARRIE CoXEY.
INSECTS
Entomologist A. McGregor read the
following report:
Zoology relates to animals and ento'
mology is that part of zoology that relates
to insects. Aud an insect is an erticulate
or jointed animal that in its natural state
has the body divided into three distinct
parts, the head, the thorax, and abdo-
men, has six legs, never more than four
wings and that breAthes air through the
head in tubes opening externally by
spiracles.
This external aperture ia a round or
marrow opening usually surrounded by
capable of being closed. These spiracles
or openiDRS are very various in number
and position, but are usually situated be-
tween the segments of the body.
Arthropodes Ia the term now usually
applied to insects as being more expromal
meaning joint footed. This term includes
hendes insects, the classes crustnnce, ara
chuda, and myriopoda. The crab spiders
and centipede belong to these classes re-
spectively.
There is little doubt that insects form
the largest group of the animal kingdom.
For instance it is claimed that $4,000 dis
tinct species of beetles alone have been
described, and 1t 10 safe to say that the
known species of other orders will bring
the totsl up to 100000; and natursiists
think we are only on the threshold. 1t Ia
thought that some day the number of
known forms will not fall short of a mil.
lion.
It 10 certain that thorticulturAlists and aR>
riculturAlists have of late years made the
acquaintance OF some of the insect family
which formerly they knew nothing of by
experience and hence they have been
Obliged to give serious attention to them
as they interfere very impertinently with
our private affairs on which our lives de-
pend.
legion; but those that cause injury TO man
by direct attacks are comparatively few
In number. They, however, assert their
importance by their attacks on the pro-
duce of our fields and gardens, and tnere
we have to meet them and combat them.
1t should not be- overlooked tho say
writer's, that the especial province OF in
sects 10 to act az scavengers, and very
frequently they are not tho initiating
cause of damage, which is rather to be
sought in previously unhealthy condi-
ton OF the trees or plants. They merely
complete the destruction begun by dis.
ease or by a low state of the vital func>
tiona.
Mr. MeGrAoor foIIowad bjs ranort b,,