The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-03-28
FRUITS AND ORCHARDS.
horticultural Meeting Discussions
An Interesting Session at the
Home of Inhn HaY.

meeting, and the exercises were engaged in
with considerable earnestness.
At 11:00 a. M, President q. W. Laurence
called the meeting to order and took up the
order of business.
The minutes of the February meeting were
read, and the remarks Of President Laurence
on Mr.. Slussers essay were made to refer to
beet sugar instead Of cane sugar, as reported in
the proceedings
p. ]. Palmer and J. F. Roth were appointed
to solicit renewals and collect membership
fees.
The executive committee were authorized to
make the settlement with the Democrat Pub
fishing Company on such terms as the commit
tee might think reasonable.
From the Query Drawer came the question,
why did the gentleman who gave the list of
apple trees required to make the right kind of
an orchard, leave out of the list the 'rambo'
and King of Tomkins countyP"
Mr.. Maxhimer said he could not get rambo |
trees. He had tried at two or three nurseries |
The king" he says, has bad habit of drop |
ping before its time.
Mr.. Roth has rambo trees but they will not |
yield fruit; his trees are old.
Mr.. Bitter thinks the rambo is slow in com.
ing into bearing-that the young trees are too
young and that the old ones are too old-and
thinks the days of the rambo are numbered.
They will not yield
Mr.. Hayhurst had rambo tree which bore
fruit the second year after 1t was planted, thus
knocking Mr.. Bitzers theory out.
| Mr. Aultfather said there SO many varieties
of rambo apples that it was difficult to know
just what members were taking about. The
grey rambo was probably the one membersha
in view and the trees of that variety were
scarce and hard to find in any nursery. He
thought any one contemplating going into the
nursery business would do well to raise rambo
trees, largely.
Dinner was here announced and recess
was taken.
At 1870 p. m. the president not feeling very
we'll called vice-President Mrs. Eegert to the
chair and the discussion of rambo apples was
continued.
Mr.. Faust endorsed the rambo-said the
whole neighborhood favored the rambo-the
boys always selected the rambo, and he found
the rambo tree to be good bearer. The red
Bertigaman is far preferable to the ramUO,
bellefower or Belmont. But Mr., Faust would
plant some rambos.
| REPOhTs OF SIANDlNI NOmmIIIEES'
Mr. Faust, for the committee on vineyards,
reports vines in some localities frozen at the
ends, but by proper pruning they will be all
right, and the usual crop may he expected.
On orchards: The committee examined the
fruit buds on exhibition by G. W. Lawrence
and find the Early Richmond cherry and the
Rhein- -Hortense both dead; the red Marela is
all right as yet. The apple buds exhibited are
about half good The twigs examined were
kept in the house in water for abouttw weeks
and were well advanced.
j. +. ROTH,
WIN. MAXHIMER,
Committee.
Mr. Faust added his testimony to the report
showing about the same conditions as indIcat-
ed in the reports.
Mr.. Roth added verbal report showing the
condition of orchards such as to warrant the
hope that although the tender varieties of fruit
have been killed by the winter, we may yet
hope to have some pears and some cherries;
and If nothing happens hereafter to kill the
apples, we may havea crop.
, Your committee find on exhibition by vii.
! liam Maxhimer,a specimen of the Salem grape
well preserved j. A. BoRsT,
Committee
FLOWER REPORT,
We seem to feel the breath of spring in view
ing the large and beautiful collection of flowers
before us today. Mrs. S. o. Eggert exhibits
7 begonia and amarylis; Mrs. j. f. Roth boquet
of geraniums, begonia, fuchiaand pelargonium.
The largest display on the table is exhibited by
, Mr.. @. W. Faust, and is composed of thirty va
rieties of carnations, three varieties of roses,
tulips, seven Gala lillies one caster lilly, as
. paragus vine, hyacinth narcissus, palmanthea
narcissus, sword fern and flower for name,
which the committee call Mexican air plant.
Our hostess Mrs. Hay, has large collection
of house plants, all in good condition. We find
helotrope geranium, begonia, ivy, coleus and
farfugium, also three varieties of hyacinths
and narcissus. ALFARETTA SAYLER,
KATE +. Mcdowell.
LENA CoRRELL.
Mr.. Joseph Hayhurst, in lieu of his essay,
read from r. NJ. KellOgg's Great Crops OF
Small Fruits" for 1895, on the subject of los
ing Pedigree, in which the writer spins a fine
o theory on the subject ofpedigreed plants, with
such skill that the reader would fear to buy
= plants of anybody but Kellogg, lest they
should not be 'pedigreed"
Mr.. Faust made extended remarks on the
same subject.
Watson Wise don't go much on petigree and
especially such pidigTees as are usually pub
: lished in seedsmens catalogues which he calls
b catalogue pedigrees"
= Mr.. Aultfather settled the matter Of 'pedi
i gree plants" by quoting from Mr.. Kellogg
o speech at the meeting Of the state society
o Looking over the audience Mr. Kellogg wa
q evidently impressed with the intelligence o
!. his audience and started out with the state
!, ment that there is no such thing as a pedi
greed plant"
VOLUNTARY PERFORMANCES,
. Miss Viona Deitz gave a select reading AM
\ was rewarded with hearty applause.
4 Miss Erma Hay recited Little Rocket
J. Christmas Day" in a very touching manner.
a vote of thanks was rendered Mr. and Mrs
}. Hay for their delightful entertainment of tn
n society.
Is Program for next meeting at the stock farr
of Ed. j. Meyer, near Canton, ON the thir
Wednesday in April
Paper by ]. +. Roth, on when and how t
prepare ground for sure crop OF potatoes
20 Discussion opened by Watson Wise.
% Essayst Hattie l.. Taft; alternate, IL. II
l. Aultfather.
J. The committee of the several townships G
= Stark county appointed at the February mee
% ing, are receiving the following petition, whic
10 they will present to their respective trustee
l. signed by ten or more freeholders
a MARCH 1s, 1895
"a To the Honorable Board of Trustees of -
" township, Stark County, Ohio
i We, the undersigned citizens of - town
;s ship, Stark county, Ohio, do, hereby, call you
7. attention to the act of the general assembl
!, providing for the destruction of trees infeste
- with the yellow or black knot; known as hous
B. bill 2ls, passed April 12 1894. Page 100 {
,r Ohio laws, 1894.
20 We do petition and pray that you examin
, said laws and take the necessary steps to hay
3 the law anfOrCad. Signed