The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
A GOODNESS
HAS ARISEN.
HOrticulturists Declare They
Will Give a Show.
AND CUT THE COUNTY FAIR.
Asked For Small Slice of the County Fund
To Help the Exchequer but
Did Not Get The
Money.

There Is a coolness between the Stark
County Horticultural society and the
Stark County Agricultural society and
the former threatens to withdraw its
patronage from the latter and start a
little fair of its own for the exhibition
of fruits and flowers. The matter was
brought up at the meeting Of the
Horticultural society, which was held at
the residence of Daniel Jolly at Buck
Hill on Wednesday.
The Horticultural society, while hav-
ing quite an influence on the develop
ment of the fruit and flower interests of
the county, has a hard time to make
ends meet financially. The expenses of
the organization are about SIS a year
and this has to be raised by the MEM
bers themselves. The Agricultural
society, besides being given the fair
grounds to make money out of drew
last year over 81 400 out of the county
treasury.
The Horticultural society this spring
went to the directors of the Agricultural
society this spring and asked for a
| small slice of the cash 1t receives. They
only wanted $50 so as to pay up the
debts of the organization. The direc-
tors made no effort to give this. Then
| the horticulturists wanted the members
of the board at least to show enough
interest in the society to join and con-
tribute a membership fee of 81 each.
Only one or two of them would even
do this. The horticulturists have be-
come discouraged with the other fell
| lows and they say that If the agricul-
tural chaps will not do anything to help
| their society the county fair can go it
hereafter without the aid of the horti-
culturists.
1t was proposed at the meeting Of the
| society, Wednesday, to hire a hall the
coming fall and give a flower and fruit
| fair in Canton and to stay away from
| the county fair entirely and refuse to
| make any exhibits b.
The horticulturists say that the
flower and fruit exhibits at the fair are
almost entirely of the members of their
society and If they stay away from
| the fair that the show in this line would
be very small indeed and hardly worth
walking up from the race track to see.
The subject was discussed in a very
practical manner and the leading men,
bers We're in for private show of their
own in Canton. The question was not
decided yet, however, and it will rest
until the next meeting, when it Is ex-
| pected to take some action.
The meeting of the horticulturists at
the Jolly home was very pleasant one.
The dinner was big and good and the
discussions entertaining. Mr.. A. Nc
Gregor read a poem he had written at
the close of his eightieth year that was
we'll received.
The reports from the county on or
chards and vineyards showed the fol-
lowing state of affairs as to the pros
poets for fruit the coming season:
Apples are so per cent good at the
present with prospects for a satisfac-
tory crop; pears and plums will ave-
rage about 45 per cent of a crop; sour
cherries will yield so per cent of crop;
grape vines Were badly damaged by the
late frost and the crop will be short;
strawberries were also hurt and will be
scarce; sweet cherries and all other
small fruits are nearly all killed.
Occasionally there is a peach tree on
high ground that has some fruit on it
but nearly all are gone. over around
Barryville there is quite a sprinkling of
blossoms and at other high places in
the county few are reported.
The next meeting of the society will
be held at the home of Henry Snively