118 State Horticnltiiral Society. 



President Murray of Oregon, Mo. — "I would give Champion, El- 

 berta and Crosbv." 



W. A. Gardner of West Plains, IMo.— "Nothing better than the E1-* 

 berta for early fruit. I should say the Elberta, Matthew Beauty, Crosby 

 and Sahvay." 



Mr. Erwin. — "I would suggest Heath Cling and Elberta in south- 

 ern Callaway." 



Judge Miller of Bluffton, JNIo. — Crosby, Elberta and Heath Cling." 

 D. A. Robnett of Columbia, ^lo. — "I believe I would give Mountain 

 Rose and Elberta." 



Mr. Evans.- — "The list to make money out of for almost every part 

 of the State would be Mountain Rose, Stevens' Late." 



Prof. Dutcher of Warrensburg, Mo. — "The Elberta is about the 

 only thing we raise in our part of the State for market. But my trees 

 are nearly all Crosby." 



Delegate from Cole county. Mo. — "I would give the Elberta, Salway 

 and Crawford's Late." 



Delegate from Osage county, ]\Io. — "The Alexander, Heath Cling 

 and the Champion and Salway." 



Jacob Eaith of Nevada, Mo. — "Mountain Rose, Champion, Elberta 

 and Salway." 



Dr. Green of Chillicothe, ]Mo. — "Champion, Crosby and Chinese 

 Cling. Chinese Cling is the onh- one that did not rot on the tree last 

 year." 



Mr. Nelson of Lebanon, Mo. — "Mountain Rose, Salway." 



Short Discussion on the Peach. 



Holsinger. — The Crosby did not do well at all with me. It is not 

 good shaped and in fact I do not know what was the matter with it. 

 Now the list of varieties that I gave are those that bear from the earliest 

 to the latest." 



W. A. Gardner. — I would like to just make a few observations re- 

 garding the freeze of '99. I did not cut back my trees. The reason I 

 did not was this : The bark was not frozen on the main branches. I 

 believe there is force in the bark that is needed to develop sap for the 

 tree. 



Major Holsinger. — I have had some experience along this line. 

 After the freeze I did not know what vv^as best to do, so I cut some back 

 and some I did not. Now, I found that some varieties could stand the 

 cutting back and others could not. The Champion all lived, but of the 

 late October about one-half died ; so with some others. It seems to me 

 that there is considerable difference in regard to the varieties. Of the 



