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Springfield, Dec. 3, 1894. 

 Mr. L. A. GooDMAy, Sec'y Mo. State Horticultural Society, Trenton, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— The Greene County Horticultural Society, at Its meeting on December 1, 

 passed a resolution inviting the Missouri State Horticultural Society to come to Springfield, 

 Mo. , to hold its summer meeting, promising to secure for such meeting a suitable hall, and 

 to find entertainment for a large number of the members of the State Society, and reduced 

 rates at some good hotel for all that cannot otherwise be provided for. Hoping that the 

 railway facilities tliat we have, and that this being the home of the "big red apple," will 

 induce you to meet here, we confidently expect your acceptance of our Invitation. 



(Signed) Geo. ^Y. Miller, 



Jos. KiRCHGRABER, 



S. I. Haseltine, 



Committee.. 



MOBERLY, Nov. 28, 1894.. 

 To the Missouri State Horticultural Society, in session, Trenton, Mo. : 



Gentlemen— We, the undersigned citizens of Moberly and Randolph county, wish to 

 respectfully urge upon you the desh-ablllty of holding j'our next spring meeting in this city. 

 We have a centrally located city of 12,000, with magnificent railroad facilities, and if you 

 should decide to hold your next meeting here, w'ould extend you a most cordial welcome 

 AVe sincerely trust you will see fit to come. We have also first-class hotel accommodations 

 at reasonable rates. (Signed by 50 business men.) 



THE BEST STRAWBERRY. 



St. Joseph, Dec. 3, 1894. 

 L. A. Goodman, Sec'y Mo. State Horticultural Society: 



Dear Sir— I regret very much my inability to attend the meeting at Trenton. I see my 

 name on the program for a paper on the best strawberry for market. From my own ex- 

 perience and observation, there is not a berry that grows that Is more Influenced by loca- 

 tion and soil than the sti'awberry; therefore shall confine myself to those for this locality. 

 Of all the long list of tried sorts, I unhesitatingly claim Captain Jack, Crescent Seedling, 

 the Cliarles Downing and Warfleld as the only berries that have paid the producer for time 

 and trouble. I am trying many new sorts, some of which I hope to get something better. 

 Until I find that something, I shall stick to those old reliables. Hoping you will have a 

 grand meeting, I am. Respectfully, 



F. MCCOUN. 



Strawberries by. Irrigation. 



By B. F. Smith, Lawrence, Kas. 



From the first laying of the city water-pipes along the street near 

 one of my berry patches, I have desired an excuse to experiment with 

 water applied to strawberries during the ripening season. Hence the 

 drouth during April and May last spring presented the opportunity to 

 try a little irrigation scheme of my own, different from any I have ever 

 heard of in the West. 



It was about the 10th of May I observed that my strawberry plants 

 and the young crop of berries nearly ready to ripen were perishing for 

 want of water. I then consulted Hicks, the weather man of St. Louis, 

 and looked up at the clouds-for an appearance* of rain; but there was 

 no visible prospect in the near future for any help for suffering berry 

 patches. 



