January, 1919 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
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PROGRAM 
Annual Convention, State Horticultural Society, State Capitol, Mad- 
ison, Wisconsin, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, 
January 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1919 
Capital Hotel Headquarters for Officers and Delegates 
Wednesday Afternoon, 2 O’clock 
Opening Address — Hon. Merlin Hull, Secretary of State. 
Introduction of Delegates from Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 
and Northern Illinois Societies. 
MARKET GARDENING 
1. Do We Need More Young Men in Commercial Gardening? How 
Shall They Begin? Answered by Irving Smith. 
2. Five Acres of Vegetables and Five Acres of Fruit — J. W. Roe. 
3. Tomatoes For Market: Varieties and Culture — J. F. Hauser. 
4. Pruning and Spraying Small Fruits — T. II. Kiethley. 
5. Market Gardening — F. H. Gibbs, President Minnesota Vegetable 
Growers Ass’n. 
6. Strawberry Round Table — Informal talks by members on successes 
and failures. 
Wednesday Evening, 8 O’clock 
Country planning as affected by the war, Prof. F. A. Aust. 
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Thursday Forenoon, 9:30 O’clock 
VICTORY GARDENS 
(Formerly War Gardens) 
1. Liberty Gardens in Minnesota in 1918 and Plans for Victory Gar- 
dens 1919 — Prof. R. S. Mackintosh, Minnesota. 
2. Organizing a City for Garden Work — Prof. J. G. Moore. 
3. Propagation and Distribution of Plants — H. C. Christensen. 
4. Garden Pests and Their Control — Prof. L. G. Gentner. 
5. Gardens in Small Cities — W. R. Abbott. 
Discussions of Community Gardening by Delegates to Garden Con- 
ference. 
Thursday Afternoon, 2 :30 P. M. 
1. Indiana Apple Orchards — F. J. Heacock, President Indiana Horti- 
cultural Society. 
2. Hardy Fruits — Prof. N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. D. 
3. The Women’s Auxiliary — Mrs. N. A. Rasmussen. 
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Selecting the Five Best Peonies. 
(Paper read by W. F. Christ- 
man before Garden Flower So- 
ciety, published in The Flower 
Grower, Nov., 1918.) 
Having something over 125 var- 
ieties of Peonies growing in my 
garden, and broadly speaking 
there are about 500 varieties that 
are admirable for that purpose, 
you can readily understand that it 
is no easy matter to eliminate all 
but five that are best suited for 
the home garden. As personal 
opinions are so at variance I think 
it better that 1 suggest five varie- 
ties that I consider among the 
very best for the home garden. 
Among the many varieties now in 
cultivation, numbering in the 
thousands, it is obviously manifest 
that some possess more desirable 
qualities than others. 
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What qualities are to be con- 
sidered in choosing the five best 
Pepnies for the home garden? 
First, let us consider period of 
bloom. When gentle spring is 
ushered in and all nature seems 
to be budding with life and ani- 
mation, we, who have patiently 
waited through the long winter 
months, gladly greet the earliest 
blooming Peony with considerable 
pride, for while it may not be the 
best, it is for the best of its season 
and fills us with expectant pleas- 
ure of what we know will soon fol- 
low. Let us follow this early 
blooming variety with one that 
makes its appearance a little later 
in the seaeson in a more dignified 
manner, having taken more time 
in preparing for the admiration 
that is sure to be bestowed upon it. 
In turn we will follow this with a 
more tardy arrival and last, but 
among the very best, we have 
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