St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-12-20
VERMONT NEWS.
Vermont HOr,icuIturists Meet.

The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Horticultural Society was held in
Masonic Temple hall, Burlington last
week Wednesday and Thursday. Presi.
dent E. S, Brigham OF St. Adams pre-.
sided and Mayor James E. Burke gave
cordial welcome, which was responded
to bv the president. The treasurer, A.
NJ. Vaughan, of Randolph, reported
about 5000 on hand but, owing to
techncallty in the law there was some
question as to its disposition. This sum
was left from the appropriation OF $500
from the state and according to the law
passed all moneys lett from the legitimate
expenses of the society must revert to
the state treasury. The next appropria.
ton will be due early in January, 1906
and the matter will be cleared up soon.
The society is in very dourishing condi
ton
Reports were given from the II vice
presidents in the state. Prof. F. w. Rane
of the New Hampshire Agricultural Col.
lege gave paper upon "Dg6niteness in
Horticulture. Rose Culture was the
topic intelligently discussed by c, S.
Pomeroy of Burlington. Wednesday
evening Treasurer Vaughan presented
paper on Pear Culture and Methods of
Cultivation" At this session Prot. T. B.
Terry OF Hudson, Ohio, spoke upon Per
tiIity of the Soil" and Professor Rane
upon Practical Plant Breeding"
Thursday morning W. F. Nye Of Bur.
liugton gave paper on Results in Re-
cent Investigations in Orchard Manage.
ment," followed by a paper by J. W.
Clark of North Hadley, Mass, on Gold
Storage and Marketing OF Fruits"
W. w. Tracy of the United States bu-
reau of plant industry, read a paper on
"Ideals to be Kept in Mind in Regard to
the Purchase OF Vegetable Seeds" and
Prof. !. l.. Hills of the University OF Yer
mont, Burlington, read paper on" Com
mercial Fertilizers"
President Brigham gave bis annual ad
dress, and these officers were elected:
President, E. S. Brigham OF St. Adams
secretary, William Stuart OF Burlington;
treasurer A. M Vaughan of Randolph
auditor, T. L. Kinney, South Hero. Ii
was voted that the next annual meeting
be held in Burlington the first Wednes
day and Thursday in December, 1906
One hundred dollars were voted the sec
rotary for his services the past and pres
ent year.
Papers were given by Prof. T. B. Terry
on Potato Culture \. G. Clough o
East Braintree, whose talk was on my
Method of Handling Fruit" and 7. L.
Kinney who spoke on Town Organiza
ton in the Sale of Apples"
The association recommended that the
executive committee appropriate a sun
not to exceed $4,000 to be paid in pre-
miums to children not exceeding II
years OF age Tor exhibits of fruits anC
vegetables at the next annual meeting.
Death of Gen. Ripley.
Gen. William J. W. Ripley, pionee
Vermont marble dealer and one OF tn
foremost bankers in the state died sud
denly OF cerebral hemorrhage at his HON
in Rutland, Saturday. Gen. Ripley wa
a brother of Mrs. Julia c. R. Dorr, tn
Vermont poetess. He was born a
Middebury, in 1882, and organize'
one OF the first marble quarryinl
companies in this state. The firm
known as Ripley Bros was absorbed b
the Vermont Marble Company in 1855
Gen. Ripley was one of the first director