The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-15
BIG BERRIES,
Big STORIES.
HOrticulturists Show Former
and Tell Latter.
STILL TALKING FRUIT FAIR.
Annual Strawberry Meeting of the Horti-
cultural Society Held Wednesday at
the Home Of Henry sniveiy-
Good Program.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Snively on We'd
nesday entertained the Stark County
Horticultural society at their home two
miles south of the city on the Bolivar
road. There were $50 people present
and 1t was one of the largest meetings
ever held by the organization. The
dinner, which is always an important
feature Of the gatherings, was served on
the big barn floor, and after all were
| seated a photographer took a snap shot
at the crowd. After the feast was over
he got another picture and according to
| the films in the camera there had been
a wonderful transformation wrought.
The program was especially full of
good things. Miss Sarah LAWN was
present and favored the assembly with
couple of solos in her own cultured
manner. Edith Snively also sang sweet
ly and quartet consisting Of Edith and
Roy Snively, John Banker and Laura
Brown, entertained with good music.
Mrs. A. j. Dehoff gave a splendid essay
and talk on the live topic, Boys and
Girls" Rev. G. A. Hill also gave talk
| and the balance of the day was devoted
to the discussion of questions of inter-
est to horticulturists.
The display of fruits and flowers at
the meeting was something elegant.
There were strawberries there that
would not go into a common coffee
cup and there were lots of them. 1t was
the best display of strawberries that
has been seen for years.
Mr.. Altfather of Minerva carried of
the honors for the largest berries, but
Watson Wise of Canton and Joseph
Hayhurst of Plain township had some
beauties.
| FRUIT PROSPECTS.
The reports on other fruits showed
prospects for this year to be about as
follows: Apples, so per cent of crop
pears, 40 per cent; plums, so per cent
sour cherries, 25 per cent; ounces so pei
cent; Seeding peaches per cent; sweet
cherries and budded peaches are al
! killed; raspberries an average crop.
. THE FRUIT FAIR.
. The matter of the horticultural fail
! came up again and was freely discuss
. ed. The members were Of the opinion
that it could be made a success and thu
society is about ready to get to work OF
the project. The committee asked fo
another month to see what can be don,
, and at the next meeting steps will
: probably be taken to launch the fair IL
. this city.
|. Some one asked how deep to plan
corn and other seeds and the wisdom o
, the society decided that corn should q
under ground from ~ to inches; othe
seeds should be planted under the sol
uwo and one-half times the length of tn
/: seed.
= FED FROM A BOTTLE.
Y Some one was asked as to what wa
r the chemical process of plant growth
!, and the subject brought Mr. A. McGreg
=. or to his feet and he proceeded to tell
!, wonderful story of how a rose bus
= that had been fed from bottle ha
). grown in two years to be 10 feet hig
and had on 1t thousand roses, while it
= neighbor, just like it, that did not ge
= the bottle, was only two feet high an
n had only seven roses.
The experiment farms We're given
going over. 1t was suggested that the
were costing a good bit of money an
y that only small portion of their exper
e iments were of any great value. TIL
r question was asked, does it pay to kee
O them up? Some thought it did, an
q some We're not so sure.
NOXIOUS WEEDS.
Noxious weeds came in for touchin
= up. Clayton Holl of New Berlin, who
always on the lookout for some neN
t weed, said he thought the agitatio
n against weeds was doing good, as tn
/" farmers were being more careful Th
= great trouble, he found, was in the cit
q les. He said that vacant lots in the cit
les were regular weed gardens, wher
:, all sorts of noxious weeds are grow
g