The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-04-28
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Held a Good Meeting st the Residence
Of Mr.. and Mrs, Shanafelt,
West Canton

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Shanafelt the Stark
County Horticultural Society met at the
beautiful home of mine Host" in West
Canton on the 10th day of April A. D.,
1898.
The day was stormy but members
came from various parts of the county
so that by noon more that forty guests
sat down to the magnificent repast
Member A. R. Hanna invoked divine
blessing before the viands disappeared
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sefert who, on
more than one occasion have compelled
enthusiastic members to exclaim "what
excellent coffee" outdid themselves to-
day by furnishing still better coffee and
more of it, and inviting everybody to
come to their nearby factory and lay in
sack of "fresh roasted peanuts" for the
homeward journey; for which the men,
bership will ever be grateful.
No session was held before dinner,
but committees got in their work, so
that when President Hayhurst called to
order at o'clock p. m. everybody was
ready for business.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
Essayist Mrs. S. L. Correll read all ex-
cellent paper on "Our Country Homes"
which was we'll received and favorably
commented upon by Messrs. Faust and
McGregor. (Manuscript not hsnded in.)
S. II. Rockhill had been selected to
open the discussion on Smaller Farms
and Better Tillage.' One acre of
ground well fertilized and we'll titled
pays better than twice as much poor
land and poorly farmed. At the risk of
injuring the gardener, he urged that
shop men should secure for themselves
an acre or two of land each, so that when
they were short of work in the factory
they could raise part of living on the
acre of land.
The address was labeled "to open the
discussion" and it did; for Messrs. Faust,
Wise, McGregor and others took the
floor in rapid succession and discussed
not only the subject of Smaller farms
and better tillage," but nearly all the
questions known to the horticulturist
and agriculturalist, "fer and feminist"
Mr.. w. L. Nash paid especial attention
to the difficulty of getting reliable help
on the farm, and suggested a doubt
! whether the average shop man would get
much good off an acre of land or any
larger amount. He had sold bushel OF
potatoes to Canton man who had only
money enough to buy one bushel, but
when he carried them to the cellar he
saw there about five bushels Of long
: necked bottles.
QUERY BOX.
Would spraying fruit trees when in
,, bloom be likely to ,injure bees'
, Mr. Faust spoke of an extensive bee
grower having lost large number o.
his bees from spraying while the trees
we're in full bloom.
, used while the trees are in bloom bu
when the fruit was formed and the bios
som dropped off then Bordeaux mixture
should be used
Mr.. Stumk said that Massachusetts had
. thought the subject of such importance
that her Legislature has passed Law
: prohibiting the use of insecticides while
the orchards are in bloom. If it did no
! injure the bees it might poison tn,
honey.
The standing committees reported az
=. follows:
Mr.. Palmer reports orchards in splen
a did condition, promising great yielt
of fruit ofall kinds.
Mr.. Wise reports berries and small
fruit all right yet.
APPLES.
Your committee on apples find Mr.
Michael Bitter exhibits five varieties O
Z . apples, Eighteen Months, Hydes Keeper
: Baldwin, Ben Davis and Pryor's Red
3 All good specimens and we'll preserved
and as inquiries are pouring in in re
: CARDS the latter named, your committee
! would ask Mr.. Bitter to give descrip
tion of same in regards to hardness, etc
w. L. NASH,
B. F. STUMP.
Mr.. Bitter in reply to the committC
says the Pryor's Red is not as good a.
the Canada Reds a good keeper bu
willis too quick-is strong bearer bu
: does not bear until ten or twelve year:
old
= VEGETABLES.
Mr.. Hayhurst has two very fine speci
mems of asparagus, the Palmetto ant
, Columbia White.
w. WISE, Com.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FLOWERS.
4 Mr.. c. w. Faust exhibits very large
display of cut flowers. Among the col
lection are Kings Crown, Hydrangea
Verbenia, Pelargonium, Asparagus Vine
1 Pink and Red Cactus, two varieties Hy.
discus, two varieties Luntana, California
( Marguerites, ten varities of Roses, among
the collection are Duchess, Bride, Suf
ramo, Bridesmaid and Jardines, two
samples of Easter Lilies, White Mar.
cissus, two samples Gala Lilies, Swan
sonia, two varieties of Dry Gerariums
Colino three varieties of Saliva. Apera.