250 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Whitteu — In Missouri, and farther south, it is found that the 

 equal span roof, extending north and south, is best. I have studied 

 this plan in connection with the green-houses of St. Louis. I have 

 given it a great deal of thought for the last two years. 



L. A. Goodman — It seems to me that if the Professor is going to 

 do any work, we should give him to understand that we give him our 

 approval and encouragement. The Board of Curators should give him 

 the necessary building and appliances. 



Z. T. Russell — I think if we are going to move the Agricultural 

 College from Columbia, that it would not be advisable to incur further 

 expense there. 



J. C. Evans — We have already received conciliatory letters from 

 several men at Columbia, but they came too late, as we have already 

 asked the State Legislature to separate the Agricultural College from 

 the University. 



Music: Misses Mason and White. 



PACKING FRUIT. 



C. C. Bell — Most of you are much interested in picking and pack- 

 ing fruit. Most of you are in the fruit business for protit. It is very 

 important for us as growers to select those varieties that we can grow 

 and sell at a protit. As a dealer, I like the Jonathan apple. It sells 

 well on the market, but I would not advise a man to plant it largely 

 for profit. We must select varieties that will produce quality and 

 quantity. The time is past when anything will sell called a barrel of 

 apples. When I began buying and shipping apples, anything that was 

 a barrel of apples would sell. Now there is very great competition in 

 the trade, and it requires a great deal that it did not require in time 

 gone by ; and the time is not distant when it]will require still more. It 

 is important for us to understand these conditions. 



Transportation cuts a great figure in the business. Early berries 

 must be carried quickly ; you will also find you must have good qual- 

 ity to make it ])ay. I would say that a more uniform system of pick- 

 ing and packing, and a cheaper rate of transportation, would be in 

 favor with the dealers. 



I will confine myself chiefly to the packing of apples. I have 

 made many mistakes in the business, and you, fruit-growers, have made 

 them too. I hold that a specialty is the thing for this time and age. 

 There is plenty of room in that direction. There is plenty of room for 

 mind and hands. I do not think it will pay the farmer to ship hie own 

 products as a rule. Many of you will bear me out that it does not pay.. 

 Many times you have made shipments that hardly paid the freight. 



