The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-08-29
HORTICULTURALISTS.
The August Meeting of the
Stark County Society
Held Wednesday.
REPORTS ON FRUITS.

Discussions Upon Various Topics of
Interest to Growers of Vegetables
Fruits and F1owers-Literary Per-
formers-New Members.
| About fifty head of as fine looking Jer-
sey COWS as one need wish to look upon
with suitable buildings and all the appur-
tenanoes and appliances for taking care of
| the product of these COWS, tells the story
of how Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bast, of
jackson township, were able to give the
Stark County horticultural Society such
grand reception as greeted its faithful
members on the 21st day of August, 1895.
| The day was "a beauty" and about
forty carriages loaded with horticultur,
lists, baskets and "lasses, " were ready for
the noon refreshments no meeting being
held before dinner.
| At about o'clock the secretary an
nounced the absence of both president
and vice-president, when John +. Roth
was elected to fill the vacancy. Miss Bes
sic Bast, daughter of "Mine Host T"
showed by her manipulation of the keys
of the piano, and the pictures on the
WALL that the fine farm produced not only
the substantial necessities of life, but ac-
complishments in art and science as well !;
she rendered piano solo In very pleas
ing manner Minutes of the previous
meeting were then read and approved
A committee on membership, consisting
of Mrs. JOS Bast, VIM. Retiring and p.
j. Palmer, was appointed, and the regular
order of business taken up.
The committee on orchards report their
condition as good as usual at this time
in the year, except pear trees the pear
tree, being more affected with blight this
year than usual.
On our way to the meeting this morn
ing, on the Canton and Fulton road, we
found many more apples than we ex-
peoted. In distance of four miles be-
tween here and Canton, nearly every orch
ard has some apples, while some of them
have nearly full crop, others a half crop.
J. +. Roth
Vineyards.
Your committee beg .leave to report
vineyards as making vigorous growth
considering the setback they received in
the spring. My own vines that were not
cut off at the ground are making no show
of fruit-too near dead.
/ J. L. Hayhurst.
Mr. Faust thinks that the crop of grapes
next year should be good, as the vines
have nothing to do this year, but to get a
shoots starting from near the ground, will
be likely to produce fine fruit next year.
Stone Fruit.
Specimens of Nectarine by J. 4. Essig
1t being the only sample that has ever
been on exhibition, your committee feel
at loss to know in what class to place
it. But from its appearance, think 1t a
very fine sample, although too green to
| nf re 7,
M. H. Rockhill.
Vegetables.
, The committee find fair display Of
vegetables, on exhibition. Potatoes by c.
! A. and w. J. Pontius; four varieties
Rural New Yorker, fair sample Two
J varieties for name one the committee
would name Queen of the Valley; the
other we name Early Sunrise; also sam
ple Maggie Murphy; fair sample. j. d
Miller shows four samples of following
: varieties; Rural New Yorker, Sir vii
{ liam, Algoma and Seeding, all goot
samples. G. Holl, one variety, Grown
q Jewell, fair sample.
S Tomatoes, one variety by j. d. Miller
' called California Peach tomato, uset
: mostly for preserving. Also, one variety
by q. Holl, New Imperial tomato, goot
2 sample, sent ont by VIM. Henry Maule, o
Philadelphia; first this season. G. W
0 Faust has very good sample Snow Bal
0 Caulihower j. ID. Miller,
1 Clayton Holl,
Committee.
o Flower Report.
!. The display of flowers Is fair, above tn
average both as to quality and quantity
s Mr.. G. w. Faust exhibits about twent
r varieties of carnations, large collection
a of gladioli, four varieties of roses, severa
varieties of begonia, lantana, fuchsia, ger
: anium, SALIVA, and smilax; Mrs. w. p
Fox, two bouquets composed of verbenia
L geranium, phlox, asters, tigridia, cact
70 petunia, and gladiolus. Mrs. Krider on
. hibits water lilies, asters, petunia, abutilor
# dianthus, and geraniums Mrs. Hol
IS baugh exhibits large cluster of ny
h drangea. Mrs. Kate Mcdowell,
II Alfaretta Sayler,.
e Mrs. Lena Correll.
% Your committee on apples, pears an
u ounces, find on exhibition by James Bay
liss, Baldwin, Summer Queen, Ohio MOI
r. pariel, and Sweet Bough apples, all fir
Us samples.
N Clayton Holl exhibits limb contain
= u ing cluster of Rambo apples very mic
;" Also plate of Maiden Blush, fair; an
one medium Duchess of Oldenburgh.
es Charity school has plate of Summ'
n- Queen apples, extra large.
Oh ID. A. Brancher exhibits fine plate {
Clapps favorite pear. M. Bitter has
plate of Tyson pear, large size for thi