Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-14
ANNUAL MEETIN c.
SOUTHEASTERN IOWA HORT
CULTURAL SOCIETY TO MEET
AT ALBA.
To Hold Three Days Session Begin
ming November 18-SpIendid Pro-
gram Has Been Arranged-Topics of
Interest and Value.

the Southeastern Iowa Horticultural
society will be held in Kings Opera
house Abba, November is, 20. The
program Tor the eight sessions which
are to be held during the three days
of the meeting has been issued and is 1
full of topics of great interest and OF
practical nature to all fruit and flow
er growers.
The object OF the society and of this
meeting in particular is to stimulate
the citizens of southeastern Iowa to
take greater interest in the cultiva-
ton of fruits, flowers and vegetables,
to give them practical information on
the management of the orchard and
the garden and to discuss subjects of
general horticultural interest.
Whether members or not, farmers,
gardeners and horticulturalists and
others, even though not extensively
engaged in any of these lines, are in
vited to attend and to take part in the
discussions and to exhibit the product
products of the orchard garden and
houses and improvements in nursery
tools and implements.
May Become Members.
Any person may become member
of this society by the annual payment
OF one dollar or may become a life
member by the payment OF five dol
lars. Any woman who will prepare
and read before the society at one of
its regular meetings paper on some
! horticultural subject is entitled to be-
come an honorary member.
In addition to the program and the
| discussions there are offered a large
number of cash prizes upon the best
products of the orchanr garden and
/ green house.
The Program.
The program is as follows:
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 1908, 1O:30 a. m.
Invocation-Rev. w. j. HASTE, AL
bia.
Presidents Address-Wm Lang
! ham.
4 Secretary's Report-W. S. Fultz
4 Ginseng Culture"-F. O. Harrng-
ton.
i The Peach of the Future"-George
:, w. Eden.
Papers will be followed by short dis
cuSsions.
Wednesday, 1:s0 P. M.
/ Our Fruit Crops the Past Summer
b. ~. NlalneWS.
: Educational Value of Farmers and
: Fruit Growers Associations"-J. w
Johnson.
Lesson I.-Elwood Tatum, teacher
Shade Trees, Wind Breaks, Ornamen
tai Evergreens, What Varieties How
and When to Plant, How to Propagate
5 Pruning and after care.
/ Appointment of committees.
Wednesday, 1880 P. M.
Song of welcome.
Address of Welcome-Mayor w. K
: Hardenbrook, Abba.
| Response-W. S. Fultz, Muscatine.
Music.
'.Scraps'-S. b. Dewey.
Strawberries for the Farmer''-T. j
, Luton.
/, Lesson H-C. G. Blodgett. teacher
Small Fruits, Strawberries, Raspber
ries, Blackberries and Dewberries
Observation-Disclosures, Preparing TIL
ground, Planting Cultivation, Pruning
;, Picking and Marketing.
Thursday, 9 A. M.
Principles of Plant Growth"-Proi
A. r. Erwin
Hardy Plants Profitable to Plant i
!. Southeastern Iowa"-D. H. Mccoy.
:. The Possibilities of Horticulture i
Monroe County'-W. c. Briggs.
Lesson IIl.-Abner Branson, teacher
Plumb, Peach ana Cherry, question
What Narities, Preparation {
d ground, Narities, Distance apart. Cul
l. tivation, Pruning, Spraying, Pickin
It and Marketing
l. Thursday, ESQ p. M.
8 Music.
e Report of committee on officers.
IS horticulture as an Educational Fac
a. tor''-Prof. r. B. Spencer.
Discussion of Prof. H. c. Holdings
worth.
Music.
n. Declarations, etc.
SNAP Shots''-Wm. Langham.
> Friday, 9 A. M.
y Bees and Horticulture"-N. S. Gre
u ham.
IS "Grapes"-A A. Mason.
1t Lesson V.--Wesley Greene, teache
e Injurious Insects, Fungus, Diseases an
q Remedies.
a Friday, 1880 P. M.
~ Reports of committees.
d Treasurers report.
Of "E'loriculture'-Mrs Nellie Gree
e. Tomlinson.
n. Lesson on Floriculture"-Pro A.
=, Erwin, teacher.
Miscellaneous business.
MAY BE MUSTERED OUT.