The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-07
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Official Report ofthe Meeting Held at Crystal Springs
, Tabernacle Interesting Discussion-Next Meet
ing Near Massii!on.

wrong name), Crimes Golden. Pears,
Seckel Keiffer and Bar lett. Clayton
EXHIBITS Weaver sweet, 0rang9 sweet,
! Maiden Blush and Summer RaInbo
apples; also Duchess, Bosa and Bart
! lett pears. Mrs. Eggert has Maiden
Blush apple. Seven in number tor
name by N. e. Moffltt. Committee
M. Bitter. NJ, w Oberlln.
On Stone FTuit-Three plates of
peaches by Mrs. Mofitt, good samples.
! One of Champion peach by Mrs. Eg-
gert, an extra good sample. One plate
Of Swink's seeding, good sample, and
one Of Champion, poor sample, by Nj.
Bitter. One plate Of Shropshire Dam
son plum, by NJ. Bttzer Committee
! w. Fl. Hershey. S. p. Killinger.
On Vegetables.-On plate of Early
Ohio, by F. A. Hanna, One potato Tor
name by VIM Maxhimer. not named.
One sample OF large potatoes without
exhibitors name. COmmittee-C. ID.
| Basht
On F'loweTs.-The committee on
flowers find On exhibition by Mrs. NJ.
T., MofHt eleven varieties of dahlies,
three OF cosmos, saliva, golden hand
lily, three varieties eannas, haioy
phlox and heiianthus. Mrs. Willaman
! exhibits, day lilies, three varieties OF
geraniu1ns, three of dahlias, co!eus
! and pink lily. Mrs. S. P. Killinger
has a nice bunch of roses. Mrs Eg-
CERT has seven varieties of dahlias,
| four of gladiola, two of althea, four OF
/ geIanium, two of zlnia, saliva, mari
| gold, aGeratum, cosmos and nastur-
/ tium. On the table in the Tabernac' e
/ three bouquets without exhibitor s
name. One of hardy hydrangea, day
| lily, swansCnia, and dahlias One of
ten varieties of Gamma, phlox, clematis,
and two varieties of sultan balsam
One bouquet of nasturtiums. On the
dining table Mrs. Moffitt has one bou-
quet of saliva, one OF phlox, one Of
helianthes, and one of nasturtiums
Respectfully Submitted, Mrs. Herman
Pile, Helen TFoutman, Mrs. Grace
iOOhlNOuB
A motion was offered that the re-
ports of standing committees he
adopted.
/ NJ. w. Oberlin took objection to the
motion, saying that there we're sew
eral specimens of fruit for name, and
that this society should make further
effort to ascertain the name and if
possible to properly name the fruit.
BY further discussion 1t was learne
that the society owned the work Vi
| Downing on Fruit" which is re"Os,
nized as authority on the descrip- 10 4
and varieties Of fruit M. Bitter said
he had the book in his possession bat
that it was an old edition and not ur
to date as is the later or re .i2ei edi-
ton
II. w. Oberlin offered a mot'o ON thai
the executive committee be INSTRUCTED
to purchase the revised edition o
Downing on Fruit" Motion car
! ried.
M. Bitter was instructed TO sah'
with him the samples of fruit placed
on the table for name. try to ascertain
the name of each and report at th'
) next meeting.
Next in crGer Of business came til
question drawer.
At this point the Hon. Horace an
: keny arrived, and when 1t was deern
= ed that he had but one hour and twea
ty minutes to give to mesting. tn
q question drawer was dispensed wifi
:, and the questions collected carrie;
S over to the next meeting.
I Hon. Horace Ankeny, State Foo
9 and Dairy Commission er. was Intro
}. duced, was received with applause
). and gave a most excellent addrei
along the line Of pure food, the adu
= teration Of foods and drinks, injHrioI
/: preseryatives of meats and foods, CO
=, oring matter in butter cheese an
d other products and some of the exp'
r. rieDces and diffieult'es in ferreting OF
!. the adulterations. and the enforeemel
1t of the pure food laws Of the sta.e {
|. Ohio.
N To show the foreign substances tn
e, were use1 10 adulterste food he ga
1t an account OF the analysis OF samp.