The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-10-15
DISPLAY WAS AN
EXCELLENT ONE
Wayne County Horticultural
Society Met at Court House
Saturday.
PROF. MORRISON SPOKE.
DISCUSSED THE COMPARATIVE
VALUE OF FRUIT GROWN IN
OREGON AND INDiANA-ELIC-
TIED MUCH DISCUSSION.
(By Walter S. Ratliff.l

at one or more meetings of the year
of the products of the farm, orchard
and garden. On Saturday the 18th the
exhibit was held in the societys room
in the court house at the regular
| meeting and the display was an ex-
| celIent one and embraced many OF
the standard varieties of the fruits,
| these grown on the Jesse Stevens
| farm north of Centerville was the lar
gest and among the best of which
| was found the Kieffer pear the Wine
| sap, Maiden's Blush, Romantic, Rus
| sian, Ben Davis, York Imperial,
Smiths Cider, Northern Spy, Rambo,
Grimes, Golden and Indiana Favorite
| apples.
/ Milo Harris had four varieties of
apples that were for a name, that
were probably varieties not grown
/ extensively in this section Benton
George also of Centerville. had an ex-
ceptionably fine plate of North West
ern Greening.
| ID. w. Scott of the Hospital farm
/ had a basket of choice apples of
which the Rome Beauty and Winesap
| attracted most attention.
Isaac Dougan had fine Northern
| Spy, White Pippin and Jonathan APP
pies, also collection of sugar beets,
| turnips and peppers.
Walter Ratliff had Grimes Golden
| Ben Davis, and Roman Stem apples;
| Early Andes and Potentate potatoes
| and yellowdent corn.
S. r. Oxendine exhibited red pep
per plants we'll laden with fruit
The display of Nathan Garwood
was quite SNOWY owing to the bright
red varieties. He had Grimes Golden,
York, Imperial, Suttons Beauty,
Stark, Lauver, Ben Davis, Indian,
Mann, Salome, Lady, Indiana Favor
tie, Winesap, one for a name and
the Black Twig.
Sarah Haworth exhibited the only
bouquet of cut flowers. Jesse Stevens
also had a half dozen fine cans of
white corn. In the discussion of the
exhibits after the reading of the min
utes of a previous session, there
seemed to be some particular varie-
ties that deserved special mention,
and those in attendance were given
a chance to taste the special quail
ties of some and take others home
to eat later
c. w. Tough gave the report on
farm crops. which embraced a re-
sumo of the entire seasons work
and the crops that have been har-
vested as well as those being gather
ed at present.
d. w. Scott is the alfalfa man of
naIOhhnrh006 eli of
land, he cut and saved about 80 tons
of alfalfa hay in the three cuttings
this season. He not only advocates
the use of barn-yard dressing for
growing alfalfa but liberal use of
Phosphate fertilizer applied to the
soil at seeding time.
Pasturing of alfalfa is not deemed
advisable, even after third crop is re
moved, as the plants suffer from be-
ing run over, and the soil IS hard
ened by the hoofs of the animals
Nathan Garwood stated that the
apples were of the most interest at
present of any of the fruits. and al
though there We're a number of bush
els of winter varieties in many orch
ards. yet there seems to be too much
fallen and damaged fruit to insure
good keeping. Enough fruit has been
grown in the country however, to
supply the house demand and have
few thousand bushels of apples left
for shipment
At the Minnesota State Fair recent
~ held, the fruit of the over $50 seed
ling apple trees was exhibited that
was grown at their experimental
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list of the much desired apple fruit
of that state. as the older varieties
have been found to have been very
unproductive in that region.
Thomas Elleman was amazed at
the recent freeze, but found it did not
injure the unpicked apples and pears.
Sarah Haworth recently returned
from her old home where she ate of
the fruit of an orchard set out by her
thirty-five years ago.
Several members gave the report
on vegetables at this time Late cab
bage suffered a loss in condition by
the frequent rains. Late beans were |
badly bitten by the frost Celery has
been attacked by a blight that has |
interfered very much with its growth /
and melon and pickle vines suffered |
considerably from rust and blight.
Late bouquets of outdoor flowers. |
according to Mary Cla-k's report /
have been unusually fine. and the /
popular fall bloomer, the dahlia. has /
repaid all for the care taken in its /
culture. Essie Burgess believes the I
scarlet sage adds much to the beauty I
of flower gardens, and the prolific
night blooming cerus at her home.
with over a dozen blooms was surely
very beautiful
Prof. Edwin Morrison of Earlham
College gave the address of the meet
ing on the comparative value of /
fruit grown in Indiana and Oregon. /,
He having spent many years in that
western state. and giving considera-
bic time TO its fruit interests. he was 1
able to give many facts concerning
the hands, size and value of such /
products. There as well as in Indiana
the sprayer is frequently used and B