Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-21
NOND[RBERRY IS Old.
euRHANk's DISCOVERY SAID TO
BE NOTHING BUT COMMON
NiGHTshApE.
MANY SAMPLES SENT
TO HoRTlcuLTuRlsT GREENE
Anti Pass Law Cuts Down Capitol
City Hotel Patronase-steamboat
Rock Butcher to Be Tried For Selling
Diseased Meat-Personally Conduct
ed Tour of Inspection at State Fair.

ed Tour of Inspection at State Fair.
| Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 21.-Aleged lis
closures that the Burbank wonderberry
is nothing by the nightshade are sli.s
bringing in samples from over the
state and State Horticulturist. Wesley
Greene expects to see a great many
samples brought in to the state fair. SO
great is the interest in the new plant
and in the discovery as claimed that
it is nothing but a weed that Secre-
tary Greene today told something more
! of the origin of the plant and its rela-
ton to other plants.
! The thing that started Burbank on
the work of developing the nightshade
was undoubtedly his knowledge that
! the tomato, potato, ground cherry ard
some other plants came from different
varieties of this plant" said Mr. Greene
| today. "Of the nightshade family If
plants the lycopesicum has been devel-
I
most useful plants we have. The So
/ lanum tuberosum is our Irish potato
/ and the solanu migrum is Burbank's
wonderberry Capsicunl is cayenne or
/ red pepper and nicotana is the tobacco
| plant Hyoscyanus or henbane is the
/ deadly nightshade and very poisonous.
i Petunia another of the nightshade fam
lily is our flower of that name.
o1l =, 60
lily of nightshade They are all related.
Some of them such as the tomato, pota-
to and pepper and the various flowers
great value No one would say but that
( so,anum nigrum which Burbank calls
wonderberry could in time be developed
into such a plant but it has not been
done 50 far.
Il have wondered why Burbank did
not cross these various plants and de-
velop a really wonderful plant that
would grow potatoes on the roots. the
tobacco leaf on the stalk, the toma %
on the vine for fruit and the petunia
flower as an additional ornament. He
would then have something really
try 10 do that as TO claim that he has
|
solanun n:grum.
1T is solanine IN the plant tina. is
poisonous. Solanum nigrum or wonder
berry does not have a great deal of
this in IT, The potato and tomato each
have some AL of this family Of plants
have some This poison, according TO
authorities, excites and then paralysss
It decreases the heart beat but increas
rious effects when administered DIFF
fe-enIy and authorities disagree slight
~ 1 don't think anyone would be killed
by eating the solanu,n nigrum or won
derberry member of the family tho the
berry has a very insipid taste"
"Anri-pass laws have injured the
hotel business in capitol cities said
Manager Hogan Of the Slavery Hotel.
In the olden days politicians were ever
finding reasons for coming TO the cap
itol. They wanted to see people on this
that and the other and having passes
and only their hotel bills as expense
they never hesitated coming 20 town on
the slightest provocation. If a big poll
tician vas in town It never failed 10
draw big crowd OF politicians. There
] some politician or public official.
Now all that is different. Politicians
: have TO pay their travelling expenses.
AS a result they don't come to town
unless they actually have to come on
important business. Down in Topeka,
Kan, Senator Burton used TO be our
town the Copeland Hotel was filed
with his friends"
State officials who have been over
the state of Iowa say that the crops
J are badly in need Of rain and unless
it comes soon considere Bile damage viii
be done when we have rainy
spring crops are always in danger OF
not having enough rain later in the
year." said John Cownie of the board
of control today 1.-The reason for this
is the fac. that when there is a,
abundance of rain in the spring thu
plants do not send out long roots be.
cause they do not need to. Later OF
when the hot days OF August com,
the plants have not the root system {,
Withstand the drought and they suf
fer for lack of moisture. II the sprn,
is reasonably dry the plants will pu
. cuL UIS IOot SySteul anu are tltcl
able 10 stand more dry weather.
Farmers are making mistake ev
cry year in not planting their potatoe
earlier. Even The late varieties shoul
be put in the ground as early as pos
sible. We always do SO at the state in
stitutions. The potatoes are then ad
vanced and nearly matured when tn
August days come. Potatoes planted i
: June are now up only eight inches Q
SO and are j ;;;;st 2. the stage of growt
n when they need an abundance of wa
l ter and there is no rain to give it
them. The result is that the potat
crop in Iowa will this year be yer
short"
A local butcher in Steamboat Roc
will be put on trial today for sellin
diseased meat His trial is the result {
an anonymous letter sent to the sta,
board of health complaining that
diseased heifer had been sold to tn
local butcher. Secretary Thomas ser
the letter to Mayor A. g. Root {
Steamboat Rock and suggested that h
take it UP with the county attorne
r. and investigate the matter. The inves
tigatlon was made and Secretal
IN Thomas has a letter from Mayor Rot
:. saying the trial OF the local butch.
on the charge OF selling diseased me:
=. lis to be held in Steamboat Rock t.
~ day.