Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1907-1917

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but did not grow the next year

11 How raise large salsify? Plant in rich ground and thin out early. If crowded it will have many branching roots, none large

12 Do any of us lime our flower gardens? Carrie Brooke does, especially roses. Some others use lime

13 Will it do to cut asparagus this year from a bed set out last year of two year old plants? Opinion divided.

14 Will a white lilac put up new growth if cut off near the ground. Yes

15 Have any tried putting up rhubarb in water? Some were successful. Others said theirs looked right but tasted wrong.

16 What the best way to hill celery? Carrie Brooke hills half way with earth, then puts in leaves and finishes with earth. Robert Miller hills as it grows.

Robert Miller gave the name of his beauti -ful red plums at the October meeting. "Reed" is the name. He took orders from the mem-bers who want trees.

We are told to pull cabbage half up will keep it from bursting.

To keep grapes, put in tight tin cans and put in ice house. They kept well at Belmont.

A corn called "Howling mob" is recommended

The exhibits were a really wonderful display for an April meeting. The garden showed cab -bage set out and that seeds had been sprouted, which is all we expect to see in April. Meet next at Edgewood at 12 m. by request. Readers Kate Janney & F. M. Hallowell

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April 6th 1915 Chicks

Alloway 93 Avalon 29 Brooke Grove 145 Cedar Lawn 0 Cloverly 0 Edgewood 12 Falling Green 75 Fair Hill 0 Hermon 0 The Highlands 95 Knowlton 42 Norwood Riverside 0 Riverton 0 Rockland 277 Tanglewood 70 Woodburn 0

Invercauld 838

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Willow Grove 410 Mrs. Dowin 110 Ammerly 187 Holly Cottage 13 Bentley Thomas 9

Visitors--729

{}Poultry {}April 6th 1915

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Edgewood

May 5th 1908

By request this meet convened at noon. Not many members was missing, the minutes were read and approved. Ellen Farquhar who had been asked to tell us about Bermuda said her account of the trip would be out of date as there were present more recent visitors to the island. Kate Janney who has just returned from there said it would take all the afternoon to tell all about it. She said a farm of 12 acres is a large farm there. The absence of noxious insects is delightful.

1st Reader Kate Janney read of raising a garden with no manure but liquid manure made by putting manure in a bag with water arranged to filter through it. The results were good.

2nd Frank Hallowell was absent. Volunteer, an excellent article on manuel training in schools. Dr. Kirk read what Burbank is doing with cacti making it spineless and good food for cattle and hen. A man gave a dinner where cactus soup, cactus fried and a drink made of cactus were served. A writer on Africa says in some regions where they have no rain for two years the cattle live on cactus. Mariana read of a man who had out Burbanked Burbank by producing an odorless onion!

Forethought reminds us to sow more seeds cultivate, spray, mulch, set out plants. For melons spray with Bordeaux mixture 1/2 strength once in two weeks. Sow seeds of vegetables for succession, especially corn. Plant plenty

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of salvias, geraniums etc. and never cease to add to the rose beds.

Janet Miller read, "Question, whether incubators have helped the poultry interests of the country?" There followed a discussion. Would Sarah Kirk continue in the business if she had to give up incubators? No, indeed! Would C.F. Brooke? No, indeed!

Dr. Kirk told of the wonderful use of artesian in the rainless regions of Australia making arid sections fertile and the conditions such that chickens, being hatched by the natural heat of the water of geysers.

Robert Miller continues the use of insect powder for gapes in chickens.

James Stabler sent the Lima beans for seed; he declined to receive remuneration a vote of thanks was given him.

Robert Miller reports that the "Reed" plum trees will be ready in the autumn.

Mary Stabler has collected the money for the Secretary, who thinks this is the time for her to abscond. She has been to Canada, it is not far.

1. Questions. Is it worth while to save primula plants after they have bloomed? No. 2. Plant Lima beans now? Yes as soon as the ground dries sufficiently. 3. Should Crimson clover in a young orchard be cut before plowing? If very heavy; if not heavy plow when it is coming into bloom. Sweet corn can be planted in the strips, not too near the trees. 4. Would you sow clover in a peach orchard? Yes. 5. Chickens hatched in incubators sell for .05 each what price for those hatched by hens? The same, .05

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