The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-26
QUERY BOX
An Interesting Feature OF the
Horticultural Society.
THE COLD WINTER WEATHER
May Have Destroyed the Insects, But Some
of the Members Could Find No APP
preciable Diminish of the
Number of Little Pests.


tural Society were guests at the residence
of d. L. Buffenmeyer and wife on the
third Wednesday of May, 1899, and a
more royal entertainment was never
given the society. The attendance was
good notwithstanding the threatening
aspect Of the weather. At three tables
the crowd was fed and when they were
filed, President Hayhurst called the
meeting to order.
Minutes of the April meeting were
read and, no objection being offered, they
stand as read.
Owing to change in the ownership
of the effects of the Democrat Publish
ing Company the April reports had not
been sent to members of the society,
but the executive committee are making
efforts to have the contract as made with
the old company fulfilled by the new,
with good propects of success.
The report of committee on township
organization was granted more time,
after submitting partial report.
QUERY BOX.
/. Did the cold winter destroy or
lessen the insect pests1
Mr.. Faust does not find insects
diminished to any appreciable extent by
cold'or any other cause.
Esq. A. Pontius thinks the severe
winter has materially lessened the num-
Der of insects and his observation among
his own fruit trees confirms his con-
yictions.
Mr.. Faust is sure that from the num-
Der of insects he finds roaming through
his grounds that the severe winter has
not damaged or deferred them.
Mr.. Grant, who propounded the
,conundrum, had tried to persuade him
self that the cold winter had "knocked
out" large number of pests.
.. President Hayhurst and Clayton
Holl were assigned the task of telling
how to manage the asparagus bed set
out last year. Shall we cut any of the
fine shoots as they come up this spring +?
Both Mr. Hayhurst and Mr.. Holl adj
vised against cutting any plants coming
up this year. The first mistake in start
ing the bed from which the query arose,
according to the gentlemen to whom the
matter was referred, lay in the fact that
the plants were taken from an old bed
which would almost certainly insure in
sure failure to get profitable aspara-
gus bed.
To insure the best results the plants
should be raised from mseed-transplanted
the second year and no cutting until the
fourth year. The Doctors differed slight
1y as to the depth to cover the plants
from four to eight inches being the
range, with the preponderance of testi-
mony in favor of deep planting.
STANDING coMMITTEEs-oRc
Eli Grant, from Lexington township,
reports the prospects for an apple crop
in the east end as excellent.
Plums, owing to the heavy crop last
year, are scattering. Pear trees full.
Cherries abundant.
Roth does not know that there is any
further report than was made at last
meeting; some varieties are rather shy
and other varieties full. Thinks Mr..
Grants report correct.
Miller thinks the prospect OF grapes
is good, as they are in good condition.
Mr.. Hayhurst thinks the strawberry crop
will be excellent and his blackberry, that
he had hoped so much from, is not going
to come up to what he prophesied a
month ago. Mr.. Bitzer's Snyder and
Tayler blackberries are just as full as
they can be, and the prospect is better
than for years. Mr.. Holl-The raspberry
canes are frozen back worse than he re-
ported last month, Strawberries, full
crop if not more. Blackberries are in
jured.
CROP REPORT.
Eli Grant, for the east end, reports a
prospect of fair crop of wheat. Early
sown wheat is very promising, that sown
later looked sickly in early spring but
the favorable weather thus far has thick
ened it up and gives promise of con-
siderable grain even in the worst fields.
The hay crop promises well in Lexing-
ton township.
Roth-The wheat crop in this section
will compare favorably with the report
of state, which is 7S per cent, some
other localities will go over that and
others will be much less.
Oats are in good condition. Grass not
as good as some years, especially timothy,
it seems to have an insect working at
the root. Young clover is in better con.
dition than timothy.
FLOWER REPORT.
nfra Iosenh Reed exhihits three hon.