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Seeds— Miss Emma Lindsay. 



Best time for setting berry plants— H. H. Park. 



Floriculture- Mrs. Dr. Hensley. 



Apples of the south— Dr. H. B. Boude. 



The following oflScers were elected at the December meeting. 



President, S. Q. Haseltine ; Vice-President, H. H. Park ; Secretary, 

 G. W. Hopkins ; Treasurer, J. Kirchgraber. 



Our fruit crop the past year has again been short, but from the 

 present appearance of trees and vines, we indulge the hope that 

 next year the land of the "big red apple" will give a good account of 



itself. 



G. W. Hopkins, Springfield, Mo. 



COLE COUNTY. 



Jefferson City, Jan. 4, 1895. 

 L. A. Goodman: 



At the regular meeting of our Society in November, 1894, the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected and standing committees appointed for 

 the year 1895: 



President, J. W. Edwards, Jefferson City ; First Vice-President, 

 Charles Staats, Jefferson City; Second Vice-President, J. A. Hunter, 

 Bass ; Treasurer, Fred Buehrle, Jefferson City ; Secretary, A. J. Davis, 

 Jefferson City. 



Standing committees: Orchards— J. W.Edwards, F. M. Brown, 

 Joseph Railton ; Stone Fruits— M. M. Dougherty, George W. Spurr, N. 

 R. Wells; Small Fruits— Fred Gould, John Mires, A. J. Davis; 

 Flowers— Charles Purzner, Miss Helen M. Dix, Miss May Hahn ; Vege- 

 tables— J. W. Crandall, N. E. Wells, W. W. Davis. 



At our last meeting regular dates for meeting of our Society were 

 arranged as follows: Second Mondays in February, May, August and 

 November. Our Society now has a membership of 35. New members 

 since my last report are as follows : Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Payne, Jef- 

 ferson City; Walter Barker, Jeffergon City. Our people are awaken- 

 ing, and begin to realize there is money as well as health and pleasure 

 in growing fruits, and there will be quite a large acreage of fruit 



planted this year. 



A. J. Davis, Secretary. 



