The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-03-24
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Holds a Splendid Meeting at New
Berlin-A Fine Dinner
Served.

Served.
The Stark County Horticultural Socie-
ty met according to the arranged pro-
gram of meetings, at New Berlin on
Wednesday March 10th. The Chief Patri-
arch of our society, Michael Bitter, did
the honors as Host, and with the aid of
kind daughters, grand daughter and
friends broke all past records III the
manner of the entertainment
"a King may make Knight or Lord
A MARQUIS, Duke aud that" but he
can't get up a dinner to beat that furnish
ed by MIR. Bitter and the Ladies of our
society. The dining room and parlor were
fragrant with flowers, consisting of
hyacinths in bloom, carnations, Gala ILL
lies, coleus, petunias begonias, axalis
rubber plant, umbrella plant, primroses,
pinks and fuchsias.
Our florist Mr.. c. w. Faust had on the
dinner table beautiful bouquet of lilies,
roses, carnations and daffodil.
After dinner the members aud friends
repaired to the Sponseller Hall where
the business meeting was held.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
| Clayton Holl was appointed to collect
dues and fees.
The secretary read communication
from Prof T. NJ. Webster of the Ohio Ex-
pertinent Station calling attention to the
existence of San Jose Scale i'll the orchard
of Mr.. A. L. Lott near Osnaburg Ill this
county. The secretary also read from
the FARMERS Home" published in Kin
nundy. Ill. an article in which it is claim
ed that the San Jose Scale is not so des-
tructive nor so hard to overcome as we
have been led to believe; The writer
claims that in localities where the scale
first appeared it seems to be dying out,
and is easily controlled in new places by
spraying,
Mr.. c. Holl reports fruit trees i'll splen
did condition, now, for crop of fruit
but the warm weather will tend to push
forward the buds too early and render
them extremely liable to the ravages tC
the later frosts.
Mr.. Faust recommends putting boxe
around the south side of trees to keel
the bodies cool and thus keep fruit bud
back. Also warns against removing
mulch and other protection from rar
trees and plants too soon.
Mr.,Faust also reports raspberry, straw
berry and blackberry vines in first clas
condition.
VEGETABLE REPORT:
Your committee find the followin
samples of potatoes exhibited by Clayto
Holl, Banner and American Wonder an
z very nice Turnip called the Yello'
= Aberdeen.
: : NJ. Bitter exhibits a sample Of "Bitzer
n Seeding" potato he has propagate
e from the bolls of the 'Blue Victor" all
y ~ the sample shows good size and Mr.. Bit
}, er pronounces them of good quality.
n Clayton Holl has a sample of potatoC
4 for name, which the committee decided
h must have come from the same box fro,
d which he took his Banner potatoes, M
Holl on being so charged, admitted h
% guilt. The exhibit merely shows ho
q surroundings change the appearance
,r vegetables.
IS S. II. RocKHILL
i. D. L. BUFFMEYER.
ar Mr. Holl speaks in glowing terms
a the quality of the Banner potatoe al
g. says it yields as we'll as the Rural Ne
VI Yorker.
#; Mr.. Faust urges the necessity of seleC
st ing good seed potatoes. We can tn
10 10 improve both the quality and yield
n. selecting only fair sized and smooth
er bers for planting.
ID APPLES,
Clayton Holl makes good showing
apples consisting of specimens of Stal
Hydes Keeper, Baldwin, Baltimore a
Ben Davis. All in good state of pres'
vation.
NJ Bitter has eight varieties of appl
40 consisting af Hydes Keeper, Eighte
le. Months, Man, and Baldwin splent
;" samples, and fair specimens of Ben Dav
'et Canada Red, Pryers Red and Maide
ith Blush still in good condition.
S. H. RoccHILL
he M. BIrZER.
After looking through the Decent
Bulletin, No. SO. of our state experime
station was satisfied our friends act
wisely and we'll in not going into
pickle industry,
u. m Wayne county farmers went into
pickle raising business at several poi
oose and l should think to their sorrow
H., Smithville in 1897 $4,000 bushels W,
iii, obtained from about 400 acres, that
OF S2H bushel to the acre, the price RI
MT ming about 40 cents bushel. In X
ter lucky along the Licking river the avert
was not over 20 bushels to the acre. A
in other places the report is the averf
was about x of crop.
- Our useful vines, as we all know, h
on, many enemies. The cucumber bee
hi the melon louise, the bacterial blight
ss Is wilt disease, may be looked for to a gre
Ad' er or less extent any and every "
But last year it seems it was fun
Mo. that attacked the vines in August ca
ing the leaves to turn yellow, and in
hours destroying the vines by the 1