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and bloomed the second time, and retained its fruit. Willow Twig set 

 fruit, which grew to the size of a plum, and mostly dropped off. 



Ben Davis, Clayton, Huntsman, Jonathan, Grimes' Golden and 



Willow Twig are all good, but I have an apple bought under the name 



of Park's Keeper that outbears any of them so far; and though the 



fruit is not quite so showy, it is of fair size and good quality, similar 



to Geniting. 



Trees should be set at least 25 feet apart for permanent orchard. 

 •Ground should be well broken and harrowed, then laid off the proper 

 distance ; holes dug sufficiently wide to admit the entire roots without 

 bending — a little mound having been made of good soil in bottom of 

 holes over which roots should be spread, holes well filled and packed 

 with good dirt. 



Cultivate well first five years, growing low crops or even corn 

 Tjetween rows, after which sow to clover and turn in your pigs ; throw 

 some ashes or lime about your trees, frequently spading them in ; wash 

 often ,with soap-suds ; look well after borers ;and other pests ; don't 

 be afraid to prune when and wherever needed, and don't neglect the 

 duty so often enjoined, of spraying to save the fruit. 



Notwithstanding present failure, orcharding will pay, and a failure 

 of apples ought not to discourage us more than a failure in other 

 crops, when we contemplate that one good crop of apples will bring 

 more ready cash to the producer than any cereal crop that can be 

 grown on the same number of acres within 8 or 10 years 



Give the care and attention to apple culture that is always given 

 to corn, and you will be abundantly rewarded ; and although you 

 must wait a few years for results, you can grow other products while 

 cultivating young trees, and fatten nearly as many pigs on the clover 

 after they come into bearing as you could on grain produced on the 

 same ground. Yes, there is a grand ^future for Missouri in this in- 

 dustry, for there are hundreds of acres here well adapted to fruit- 

 growing ; people in this locality are rapidly taking hold of the business, 

 and I doubt not that the $10,000,000 realized on apples in 1890 will be 

 more than doubled a few years hence. 



Report on Small Fruits. 



HoLDEN, Mo., June 5, 18s)4. 

 Hon. L, A. Goodman, Secretary of State Horticultural Society: 



Report of all fruits up to the present time is as follows in John- 

 son and Lafayette counties, sketched by my own observation and 

 extra committees, and I hope this is not reported by a fraud, either by 



