Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-05
HORTICULTURISTS.
State Association to Meet Soon in
Des Moines.
INTERESTING PROGRAM PREPARED

Papers Will Be Read by Authorities on
Horticulture From Iowa and Sur
rounding States--Good Attendance
ticipated-Exhibt of Fruits.
TIL twenty-sixth annual convention
of the Iowa State Horticultural socie-
ty will be held in the horticultural
room oa the state capitol building De.
cember TO- IL, II and IS. An excel
lent program has been prepared, and
embraces addresses by the leading au-
thorities in the west in regard to hor-
ticultural matters. A number of peo-
pie interested in this branch of prac-
teal study will attend from this city
and Wapello county. The headquar-
tiers will be in the Kirkwood hotel.
Inc state farmers institute will be
held at the same time, and a meeting
of the Iowa Park and Forestry asso-
citation will be held Tuesday evening,
December 10. In connection with the
horticultural meeting, an exhibit of
fruits will be in the lower corridor of
the capitol A railroad rate of one
and one-third fare has been secured
for the meeting, to be obtained on the
certificate plan. The officer Of the as
ISOLATION are at present as follows:
| Presidential. j. Wragg, of Waukee.
Vice president-N. X. Fluke, of Da-
Ivenport.
| Treasurer-Elmer Reeves, of Wav-
erly.
The Program.
! The following is the detailed pro-
gram:
Tuesday, 10 a. m.
Call to order
| Invocation, Rev. Francis f. Van
Horn, Des Moines.
Waukee.
Davenport.
Reeves, Waverly.
Appointing committees.
Reports from directors.
Tuesday, p. m.
Varieties of Fruits" B. F. Ferris,
Hampton.
Testing Fruits E. E. Brown, On,
slow.
Success With Apples" o. H. Barn.
hill, Shenandoah.
Systematic Prevention of Apple In
sects " H. L. Summers, state entomol
ogist, Ames.
How Saved My Trees From Rab
bits" Silas Town, Candy.
why We Should Grow Our Own
Trees" j. Sexton, Ames.
Gold Storage" Prof. Homer G
Price, Ames.
/ Wednesday, 9 a. m.
Report of delegate to Illinois, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska and Minnesota.
i Local horticultural societies, w. A
Burnap, Clear Lake.
Theory and practice of horticulture
S. H. Linton, Des Moines.
Home and horticulture, Edison Gay
lord, Nora Springs.
Tomato culture, E. E. Little, Ames
The kitchen garden, A. F. Goldman
Corning.
Gardens" DR.. F. M. Powell, Glen
wood, superintendent institute feeble
minded children.
Wednesday, 2 p. m.
Horticulture and the State College
and experiment station" Prof Homer
c. Price, Ames.
Horticulture in the ideal school, "A
E. Parsons, Creston.
Some Innings l Have Learned il
Raising and Selling Fruit William
Langham, Cedar Rapids.
chronological notes for 1901, Miss
Charlotte M. King, Ames.
: Fruits and vegetables, Miss Mary A
Sabin, Ames, professor of domestic
| economy.
Seasonable notes, ]. R. Sage, De-
; Moines, director Iowa weather ant
crop service.
Wednesday, 8 p. m.
Some Native Herbaceous Plant
for decorative purposes" Qantern il
lustration). Prof L. H. Pammell ,Ames
Horticulture and Education" Geo
H. Van Houten, Des Moines.
Attitude of the United States Gov
+. eminent with Regard to Our Fores
Reserves Qantern illustrations
Prof L. H. Pammell. Ames.
THE Educational Effects of tn
Beautiful in Horticulture" w. M
! Beardshear, Ames.
Election of officers.
e Thursday, 9 a. m.
+ "Trees for Timber and Windbrea,
t in Northwestern Iowa. P. F. Kline
Storm Lake.
y Forestry and Orcharding," w. N
4 Bomberger, Harlan.
+ How to Replace Our Vineyards,
: Silas Wilson, Atlantic.
S Peaches for Central Iowa." M.
o Graham, Abel
n peaches Under Cultivation
t 1901" Abner Branson, Sharon.
e Can Peaches Be Probably Grow
a in Iowa?" N. X. Fluke, Davenport.
!, Thursday, 2 p. m.
;. Chemistry in Some of Its Relation
v to Horticulture" Prof j. B. Weem:
s Ames.
Il 1.-The Conifers of Iowa. Miss A. E:
telle Paddock, Ames.
EDIBLE Fungi Their Recognitio
and Methods of Cooking" Miss n
Ethelda Morrison, Acles.
IT "Vepeta bles as Foods" Miss Add