The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-10-27
THE OCTOBER MEETING
OF the Horticultural Society Held a,
the Home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. J.
Snyder, Near Paris.

the Home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. J.
Snyder, Near Paris.
A halfmile west of the village of Paris
a substantial Stark County farmer, ]. ].
Snyder, established home and with the
help of his good wife and family sur
rounded the home with many of the
comforts and Injuries which are the en-
dowments of pleasant country habita-
tion.
When our executive committee year
ago was looking for homes for the society
for 1898, Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder granted
theirs for the month of October, and ac-
cordingly, on the 10Th of the month
twenty-five carriage loads of grantees"
took possession of the aforesaid grant
ed premises" but allowed the title to
the same to remain with said "grantors."
In consideration whereof both parties
set one of the best dinners ever served
to the members of Stark County Horti-
cultural Society; for when the multitude
had feasted there remained more than
twelve baskets--mostly empty.
When the dinner hour had passed and
members had enjoyed stroll among
the we'll kept fields and we'll fed stock,
President Hayhurst called the meeting
to order and proceeded Immediately to
the business of the day.
Minutes of previous meeting were read
and approved.
Mrs. Knoll was appointed to collect
membership fees,
Mr.. McGregor, who had been appoint
ed to read paper defining Fruits" and
Vegetables and draw the line of de-
markation between them, had consulted
the Century Directory and Professors
from the Experiment Farm without
being able to get the desired light and
asked for more time. His time was ex-
tended for one month and the result of
his research will be given at the next
meeting.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
P. Palmer reported orchards general
ly in good condition, as reported a month
ago. He thinks curled leaf on peach
trees is caused by injury done to the
leaves by insects.
NJ. Bitter had failed to find by mi
crosopic examination anything to indi-
cate insect life on the curled leaves.
Eli Grant read from Bulletin 90, Ohio
Experiment Farm, wherein Prof. Selby
says, 81 believe we may seek the explana-
tion 0or curled leaf in the difference in
temperature and rainfall at the time of
the infection Of the new growth. That
is, in the weather conditions of April and
early May"
And "thattwo applications ofBordeaux
Mixture in a season favorable to leaf
curl will sufficiently prevent the disease
to enable the tree to carry a crop of fruit |
without very great loss through drop |
ping"
And that thorough spraying the pre- |
Ceding season, is even more effective in
the prevention of leaf curl than during |
the season of its occurrence"
Mr.. Helmau gave his experience in
treating his peach trees for blight He
cut off the blighted limbs then dug the
dirt away from the roots of the tree and
put in salt His trees ceased to blight.
He believes by the proper application of
salt the pear blight may be averted.
Mr.. Grant has used salt about ounce
bushes with apparently good results.
MIR. Knoll had also used it on the
ounce.
Committees on fruits, vegetables and
flowers found good displays in each de-
partment.
The committee on stone fruit especial
ly, reported fine samples of late peaches
some very large seedlings.
Entomologist McGregor read an in
teresting article, in which the author
recommends scraping the rough bark
off fruit trees to destroy the nesting
places of insect enemies of our fruits,
and the burning up OF rubbish about
wood piles, fence rows and buildings.
Clayton Holl spoke on "Noxious
Weeds" and referred to the beauty of
the green fields where the rag weed had
been cut and the progress in the
methods Of farming that is being made
and gave much of the credit for this
progress to Horticultural Societies,
Farmers Institutes and other organized
educational agencies.