The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-05-04
BERRIES AND SMALL FRUITS.

frozen, worse than Tor ten years.
Esq Pontius thinks that where rasp-
berry stalks are in all exposed location
they will be badly damaged. Grapes, as
far as he has noticed in the country, are
in fair condition.
Mr.. Bitter says his Hartford grape
vines are nearly killed and concords
injured. Early grapes injured more
than later varieties. Blackberries, Sny-
der and Sayler are reported all right.
Mr.. Holl finds his raspberries badly
damaged.
Mr.. Hayhurst's new blackberry, of
which mention has been made at former
meetings, he reports in fine condition.
APPLES.
Your committee find on exhibition
few very fine apples. Mr.. Clayton Holl
has a fine sample of Hydes Keeper. Mr..
M. Bitter has as fine sample of Bald
wins as anyone would wish to see, in
fact they are the largest that your COM
mittee have seen for some time. Mr..
Bitter also has a sample of Mann apple
well preserved. A. R. HANNA.
FLOWER REPORT.
We find quite large and thrifty
collection of house plants. Among them
are geraniums, begonia, ivy, fern, cactus
and primrose; also several bouquets of
carnations, roses, marguerites, 'gera-
niums and daffodils exhibited by our
hostess, Mrs, Meyer. The dafodils were
exhibited by Mrs. Crowl.
ALFARETTA SAYLER.
VEGETABLES.
We find on the table the following
varieties of potatoes exhibited by Clay
ton Holl: Sir Walter Raleigh, Early
Michigan, Bovee and Carman No. 3.
+. 7. Crowl has two potatoes on the
table for name. Mr.. Crowl had bought
only three varieties of seed potatoes
Lees Favorite, White Elephant and
Sunlit Star-and that the samples on
the table are the product of some seed
that may have been among some of the
varieties above named. We cannot name
them, but request Mr.. Crowl to give
them separate cultivation and ascertain
their value for cultivation.
Clayton Holl has nice sample OF
rhubarb. D. L. BUFFENMEYER,
SAMUEL II. RoCKHILL
Mr.. Pontius is growing several apple
trees of the Hydes Keeper variety and
asks as to their bearing qualities.
Mr.. Bitter says it is considerd shy
bearer.
VOLUNTARY PERFORMANCES.
Mrs. Kate Meyer, mother of mine
host, favored the audience with several
piano solos of Eye olden time," which
were much enjoyed and loudly applaud
ed. Mrs. Meyer is nearly seventy-fve
years old, yet she filed her place on the
volunteer program with great credit.
And as she struck the keys for an old
familiar waltz we imagined we could
see Brother McGregor and Esq. Pontius
looking around fof partners.
"Sweet Alice" Vignos sang Ben Bolt'
and Miss Sarver and our host enter
tanned with piano recitals.
Mr.. Pontius made a very earnest
speech on what the horticultural society
has done for the county, renewed his
allegiance to her interests, and closed
with the rendition of a beautiful poem.
This called out Mr.. McGregor, who
recited Shakespeares "Seven Ages OF
Man" with marked effect.
A vote of thanks was rendered the
Meyer family for their splendid enter
tainment.
S.H. Rockhill, preparatory to making
a motion, made talk on the financial
condition of the society and on the
question whether Stark county had en-
terprising farmers enough to keep alive
an organization which had done so much
for the development horticulture as Mr.
Pontius claimed our society had done
and whether Stark county should be
represented at the great centennial
exhibition to be held at Toledo in 1908
and whether, if we could not keep oul
society alive, we should be able to stand
fair comparison with other counties o.
the State in a centennial exhibition.
Preparatory to that exhibition he
proposed to build up our home organi
zation, and moved that the executive
committee be authorized to go FORWARD
and contract for the printing of the
reports, both monthly and annual, witt
the Democrat Publishing Co. at the
same rates as last year, The motion
prevailed.
The question of increasing member
ship and raising funds was discussed
and committee consisting of Ed ]
Meyer John Il. Roth and w. B. Shanafelt
was appointed to confer with the board
of Directors of the Stark County Agri'
cultural Society to solicit their co-opera,
ton by becoming members Of our
society, and, if possible, to induce them
to donate to us portion of the dog tax
which has been voted by the Legislature
to the agricultural society, or such help
as they may be willing to render.
Mrs. Mary Wolf made a vigorous
motion for immediate relief by donation
and started the subscription with one
dollar donation. She was at once fol-