The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-21
HORTICULTURISTS IN
ANNUAL SESSION
Twenty-second Annual Gathering at
the Town Hall and Fine Exhibit


the Town Hall and Fine Exhibit
By invitation of E. H. Hallett, the
Caledonia county vice-president of
the Vermont State Horticultural Soc
iety, this organization is now holding
its 22d annual gathering in the Town
hall. Interesting and profitable pa
pers are being given and the display
Of apples is well worth seeing.
Luther Putnam of Cambridge leads
all the exhibitors with over 80 varie-
ties. E. L. Witherell of Middlebury
displays II boxes of the finest fruit
ever seen in ST. Johnsbury and also
shows some 20 varieties on plates.
w. F. Ranney of Westminster has IS
varieties and the Everett orchards of
Bennington are also large exhibitors.
A cursory glance at the tempting dis
play indicates that the finest apples
in the world can be grown in Yer
| mont under proper care.
James Cosgrove, president of the
Commercial club, welcomed the or
ganization to town at its opening ses-
sion Wednesday night and the presi-
dent, George D. Aiken of Putney,
responded very happily. He said as
he had just arrived after riding eight
hours in Ford over Vermont roads
he had no speech ready, but did speak
very intelligently upon the develop
ment of apple culture in the state
from the old farm orchard, neglected
| yet somewhat profitable, to the pre-
sent scientific method of raising the
kind of fruit exhibited in the hall.
H. L. Bailey of Bradford, state ex-
pert in insect and diseases suppress
sion, spoke on blister rust diseases OF
currants and the white pine blister.
Mr.. Bailey showed steropticon
slides of an extremely interesting
variety. The spread of the disease
was traced from German nurseries
whence, as he said, "other disagree
able things have come" to our coun-
try Many views of Vermont forest
conditions were shown and closeup
pictures of the disease in action were
very educative to the audience.
Mr.. ingalls,, the last speaker of the
evening, and the State Boys and
Girls club leader, gave an interesting
! talk on the purposes, organization
t and benefits of Club Work. He said
the motto of the clubs even before
war time had been Conservation,
Thrift and Production" During the
war the clubs have had special OPP
portunity to follow this motto. Club
work, Mr.. Ingalls, explained, has been
defined as the H brand Of education,
| that is the education of the Hand,
Heart, Health and Head. At the
present time 24,00O boys and girls
arc enrolled in various clubs in Yer
I mont. The ualae-ef production of
these children will be for the past II
months about 100000. At the close
of the formal lecture Mr.. Ingalls,
showed many slides of club work in
various parts of the United States.
At the morning sessions reports
were given from the county vice-pre~
sidents and the program as published
in these columns carried out. To-
night at s o'clock there will be free
stereopticon lecture by George w.
Perry of Chester on the beauties of
winter in Vermont. MI. Perry throws
upon the screen some wonderful snow
and ice pictures and the snow crys-
tails magnifed million times are the
finest ever shown in this country.
| Following is the program for the
closing session on Friday.
Friday Morning, 9 o'clock
Election of Officers
Discussion of Proposed Standard
Apple Grading Bill for the New
England States
Beans rs Interplant Crop in Or
chards,
G. L. Witherell, Middlebury
The Mark citing of New England
Fruits and Vegetables,
Prof. Bliss R. Brown,
University of Maine, OronC
Friday Afternoon, 2 o'clock
! Inspection of Greenhouses of James
Burns, ST. Johnsbury, Conducted by
Mr.. Halletf and Mr.. Burns.