The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-09-29

healthy fruit. Something should be done
to neutralize these conditionsiot evil.
Flowers we know must be planted i'll
soils suitable to their needs, or they will
not flourish or bloom Vegetable plants
must be treated with good suitable soil
or they will not mature properly. 1t
seems to be a general accepted fact that
soil conditions is necessity to all sue
cesssful horticultural operation. And
no one is so competent to judge those
conditions as the practical horticulturist.
Horticulture or gardening, is of great
antiquity, we know very little of the gar
den of Eden or the fruit that grew there.
We suppose God must have established
the garden, but what the nature of the
fruit / leave you to determine. Noah |
planted a vineyard after the Deluge. |
And in the book of Moses we have evil |
dences of the cultivation of fruit in |
Egypt before the exodus of the Isiralites, |
as well as by the Babylonians, Persians,
Chinese and the inhabitants of India.
The Greeks and Romans no doubt de-
rived a great deal of their knowledge of
fruit raising from the East.
History records that among the first |
fruit raised we're the Grape, Fig, Pome-
ganate and the Melon and many others,
such as the apple and pear, are Of great
antiquity. We are also informed that
for centuries, in European countries,
much care was taken in the cultivation
of fruits and vegetables, particularly |
among tue wealther classes" as it was
then a luxury and now it has become |
part of our regular diet among all classes.
Modern transportation facilities has so
revolutionized the fruit business, that it |
has been made possible to select locali- |
ties and states with soil and climate
adapted to all classes of fruit, where it is
cultivated in large proportions.
1t is therefore necessary that we as
horticulturists must make special efforts
to enlarge our facilities, and increase our
knowledge of the art of cultivation, if |
we are to compete in fruit culture.
Messrs McGregor and Faust made
| favorable comments on the paper.
QUERY
Mr. Bitter asked what are peach yell
lows He had seen peach trees on which
| the leaves curl up and fall off and anoth-
er crop Of leaves put forth and the fruit
still grow and ripen.
President Hayhurst called attention to
the fact that Eli Grant had sample twigs
from his orchard at the August meeting.
The letter from Mr.. Se1by answers the
question as far as Mr.. Grants trees are
concerned
P. J. Palmer says the curled leaf and
yellows are different diseases.
Mr.. Hayhurst says they are different.
Mr.. Shanafelt is of the oppinion that
budded fruit trees are more subject to
disease than are seedlings.
STANDING COMMUTERS.
On orchards. P, J. Palmer reports all
orchards looking well, the season has
been favorable and wood will be well
ripened for the winter.
BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS.
The committee find the favorable
weather and early maturing of same
seems to insure a large and favorable
crop and would urge growers to mulch
properly, and not to heavily, as protec-
tion from winters sudden changes avoid
ing mulch with seeds etc.
c. w. FAUST.
APPLES, PEARS, OUNCES.
On exhibit by d. Buffmeyer consisting |
of the following varieties
Sweet Russet, North Spy, King, Fall
Pippin, Rambo Fallenwalders, Virginia
Grab, one variety for name committee
can not name, wine Sap, Grab. Orange
Ounce, sample Duchess Pears, Seckel
Pear, sample pear for name committee |
cannot name, the above exhibit is very
good.
Exhibit by NJ. Bitter consisting of the
following varieties of apples. Canada
Red, Culp, Western Beauty, three varie-
ties of pears Buerre D., Jersey, Lawrence
Keiffer, very good. exhibit.
c. w. Faust exhibits. Pears, Keifer,
Duchess, Sugar Pear, Bartlett, Seckel, |
four varieties for name, one we call |
Duchess, one Bartlett, the other two we
cannot name. Splendid exhibit.
M. Bitter, co,,
J. J. SNYDER. Ni
| VEGETABLES
The display of vegetables on the table
to day battles the knowledge of the COM
mittee. We start in with the display of
D. L. Bufmeyer our host, cossisting of
two nice samples Of potatoes the Long
White and Rural New Yorker Here we
run against an obstacle. He has toma-
toes but we are admonished that they are |
not vegetable and although no other !
committee has jurisdiction we let them
pass. He has also in his display two
gourds but they are neither fruit nor
vegetable and we are warned that they |
are ont Of the jurisdiction of this court |
and we must pass by. c. w. Faust ex-
hibits Livingston's Stone, II Bright and
Beauty tomatoes, Snow Ball Caulihower |
and two fine samples of Egg Plants.
M. Bitter has Crook Neck Yellow
Squash.
Joseph Hayhurst shows a splendid |
Hubbard Squash and one fine Boston
Marrow Sqush,
Mr.. Buffmeyer has also a fine large