The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-05

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! bavipe baen lpent here and having mad
H. pood forf1ne IN find here wife
,b..r. ,,,s ,,, 5snssr. If ne ever forcettire5
I the civ The Forest CITY he said holds
+ q Iargs Mace n, tho anarfioDe of the nao-
. pIe of Cooroi, They +,rn ~ IL as the
. mother Of mo state
SavarD4h,s historic nast and &c mos
raron- prasort vrara eioopeItI, reviewed
br Prof Starpes who Dre .ifcted Vet create
things for the CITY TncidentalIr he
spoke of me things which most n3f11r9llv
make an jmpression mon me- Interior
ocean breazes oysters and terraDin stew
and especialv artillery nuncb the first e.v-
. perienc,. of the stranger with which is new
ar forgotten Prof Starres ror,srl,s made
"a very pleasant impression and he was re-
waried with hearty aDplause The nresj-
dents annual report was then read. Pres
ident Berckmans gave an interesting re-
view of The deye,opmoDt of horticulture in
the state and the work of the horticultural
society since it's organization in 1876. The
rapid progress in fruit growing and diver
sihed farming generally was alluded to
and the statement was made that Georgia
is more largely engaged i'm fruit growing
than any other southern state. The con
ditions which have arisen with the de-
velopmeut of the industry and the dangers
confronting the fruit growers and the ne
cessity of availing themselves of all means
of combating plant diseases and enemies
were dwelt upon and the failure of this
years peach crop alluded TO. other
states he said, have adopted laws to pre-
vent the importation of diseased plants.
but Georgia is without any inspection law
whatever. A caution was given against
the slaughter Of insect destroying birds.
The work Of the society la maintaining
a careful list of the varieties of fruits
grown in the state was alluded to- The
list to-day is but little larger than when
the society was first organized. eighty-hve
varieties having been eliminated and 1l2
added. The president paid a tribute to
the memory of Prof. Joseph r. Willet. q
member Of the society, who died last year
in Atlanta.
The following new members were en-
rolled: DR.. George H. Stone and Mr.. and
Mrs c. S. Ellis Of Savannah Ben Mil
liken of Jesup and C. NJ Griffin of Mac
clenny Fla.
Invitations were read by DIR. Stone. eX-
tending the courtesies of the Savannah
Yacht Club. the Savannah Volunteer
Guards Club. the Telfair Academy of Arts
and Sciences. free transportation TO dele
gates upon the street railways and trip
TO Tybee by the Central railroad. The in
vitations We're accepted by a rising vote
Tickets of admission to the Telfair Acad-
envy were distributed 10 the members at
the night meeting. The president announc-
ed the following working committees, the
first two Of which viii pass upon the ex-
hibits displayed at the Guards hall:
On Grapes-H. b. BUST of Rock Hill
S. c.; S. w. Peek Of Hartwell, Lyon Mar
tin of Augusta, b. Won Hern of New
ork.
On reaches Apples Pears Melons and
Nesetaples-J. r. L. DuFfee OF clemson
Nohesc' p -, H. % Chase OF
HuntsVlle' Aia' LroI' ). ,. Earle OF Au-
euLn' Ala; W. W. stevens OF Mayheld'
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Reeoiptions Nlseors,o - N-ivon 20 A.
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p Tob,se, - ST,ttr,,;iIl 60, n, -, ~
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T7rufts p" prof Sta.kbrt5~a s1,a,,-l,1 III,
ee1f to bo tboro,,e,lI,- fa7,lta, ,,-itt ~
subiect and e,s,-a ~, 'r,er,bers Of H. 60
cietyr r,,,ch ,7,t,,abfa o. ~ ,s i,,t1r,st
inc information Tbe nsnnor in ,rbiob
tbe eroU,tb of ne nlant ana ne 0uaIi-
ties and properties of the fruit can be
influenced favorably or detrimentally by
the use Of the various plant foods and fer
ulizers was well set forth ana illustrated
by the practical experiences OF the au-
thor The information in Prof. Stock
bridges paper alone is well worth all the
trouble and expense to which the men,
bers may have been put in attending the
convention
After listening to Prof. Stocxbridge's
address the convention adjourned until 4
o'clock. DIR. O. D. Faust of Ramberg
s G who was 90 have read a Daper
upon pecan Culture" was not present
but II is expected he win he to-day
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