The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-01-24

| destroy young fruits, apricOts, peaches and
plums often suffer much from their attacks.
The apple worm, the Larvae Of the Carpo-
| capsa Pomonella is unfortunately too well
known to fruit growers, to require much com
ment upon my part. The moth may be known
| by a large oval brown spot edged with copper
| the hinder margin of the fore wings they de-
| posit their eggs on the young apples in July
| evenings in the hollow of the blossom and the
larvae are hatched in few days, who at once
| burrow toward the centre. 1t comes to matur-
ity in about three weeks, getting rid of the re-
| fuse by an opening which II gnaws into the
| side, through which II makes its escape after
| the eprematureldropping Of the fruit. They make
silken cocoons, and are not generally changed
| into moths until the following summer. Pears
and cranberries are affected by worm appar-
emily the same as that Of the apple.
| We incline to the opinion that by keeping
our trees well trimmed, clean of loose bark and
moss, thus exposing the home of the unde-
veloped moth to the keen eye Of the ever vigi
| liant fruit grower who might destroy him be-
| fore the egg season opens.
Sixteen summers have come and gone since
this society was organized. Duringthat time
| many changes have taken place. some Of pleas
ure, Others of sorrow Many Ofour members whom
| we so highly respected and esteemed, and who
were always active and efficient workers in the
| interests of our society, have met their last
enemy and have gone to the great beyond
| their memory will always be
| Cne1lS0eu III OuI uGdTlSs Ou
will pardon me when make special
reference to a few of those departed ones; they
were friends of half a century: Namely,
| Jacob Hol and Lewis Essig of Plain town
| ship, and DR.. J. E. Dougherty of this city.
My acquaintance with Lewis Essig dates
back to the summer Of 1S43, little more than
81 years ago; the other two friends three or
four years later. They were men of good
parts. good men, noble men, always ready to
assist the suffering, always doing as they
| would be done by, They were men whose
| lives and characters are worthy of our emula.
| ton.
There were others of our members with
whom it was not my pleasure of so long and
| continued an acquaintance. OF those / can
| only say, they were of the most eminent and
| distinguished characters. But my friends,
when we contemplate those ever changing
scenes, we are reminded that we too stand in
the way of that all devouring scythe of time,
| and ere long we too shall be among those who
| have gone from among us, and we are thereby
reminded that while we trim our trees and
| prune our grapes, we should not forget to trim
| our lamps and prune our hearts and con-
sciences from the vices and superfluities of
| life, thereby fittiug that immortal part for the
occupancy of that spiritual building-that
house not made with hands eternal in the
| heavens.
Thanking you again for the honor you have
| conferred on me, am,
|
GEORGE W. LAWRENCE.
At about l:30 p. M, after partaking of
our usual great feast, the meeting was
| again called to order and the chair APP
pointed Messrs. Roth and Palmer to col
lect membership fees, after which the
standing committees reported as follows:
Vineyards: Your committee on vine
| yards beg leave to report as follows: The
season has been very favorable until the
last hard freeze. Vines appear to be in
| good condition. The last severe freeze
| probably injured the extreme ends of
branches, but not to any extent.
j. i. HAYHURST,
| G. w. FAUST.
| Apples, pears and ounces: Your COM
mittee on apples, pears and ounces find
on exhibition by NJ. Bitter specimens of
| Culp, Robbery Russell and Ben Davis,
| fair; Canada Red, medium. p. J. Pal
mer exhibits Fallendawalder, good spec
linens; two apples entered as Baldwin,
find one to be Baldwin the other Ben
Davis; Baldwin, poor; Ben Davis, fair
S. L. Correll exhibits two Vicar of Wake
field; pears, fine samples.
II. A. HoLIBAUGH,
| G. A. KRIDER.
| Flower Report: Mr.. CIV. Faust eXhi-
bits twenty-seven varieties Of carnations,
roses, callas, smilax, hyacinth, hello
trope and several varieties of geraniums,
a very large and fine collection. Two
begonias, two ferns, one india rubber
plant. All very fine specimens exhibit
ted by our hostess Mrs. Taft.
| ALFARETTA SAYLER.
Mrs. WATSON WISE.
Vegetables Your committee find on
l In ,,.1s, ,.,f lN,VI
Borst; very fine for so late in season.
The variety is called the Grant Paskil.
w. WISE, Committee.
| Nomenclature of Fruit: Your COM
mittee on nomenclature of fruit find an
apple for name by Z. J. Palmer. Would
cali it a worthless seedling,nor worthy of
exhibition. NJ. BITZER.
| VOLUNTARY PERFORMANCES.
Master Stanley Vandersol gave a reci-
tation which, as usual, drew forth hearty
applause.
| MIR. McGregor read a poem, "Dem
Poor Folks What Has to Live in Town"
Mr.. Taft exhibited grape vines killed
by the winter, evidently a tender variety.
| Mr.. Halibaugh recommended cutting
| them back in August so that the wood
would ipen and thought he would be
rewarded by crop of grapes.
Nj. Bitter does not believe in nursing
tender varieties but digs them up and
plants those that are harder.
Master Vandersol gave another pleas
ing reading, showing his wonderful power
of character representation.
| Mr.. Roth spoke of the San Jose Scale
| pestiferous insect that was discussed at
the meeting of the State society-and re-
commends all nrserymen having trees
| affected by this insect to destroy them,
| and to persons buying trees to be careful
where they buy them.
Mr.. Watson Wise recommended having
same subject announced or programme
arranged for coming meetings. Mr..
Roth spoke in the same line.
The chair thought a full question
drawer would supply this great need.
On the San Jose Scale the chair said he
urged now as he had always urged the
buying fruit trees as near home as pos
sible.
Mr.. Faust says any fumigation strong
enough to kill the Scale will kill
any tree-was not sure whether
the San Jose Scale was the same
as tie Palm Scale-the one he has been
fighting.
Our chairman thought if our member
ship should increase sufficiently to fur
nish funds the society would be able to
get Scientific books and information such
as would greatly aid in the work of bait
ling with the insects which prey on the