168 State Horticultural Society. 



in pears, Wild Goose in plum, Cresent Seedling in strawberries, Down- 

 in in gooseberries, Mamoth Cluster in raspberries and Fay's Prolific \n- 

 currants. 



Now in conclusion I will say to those that are not "possessed of 

 broad acres" and must be content with from 5 to 40 acres, by all means- 

 plant a part in fruit, and if anyone is looking for a regular job lasting. 

 the year around plant 5 acres in small fruit. 



SUCCESS AND FAILURE IN APPLE GROWING. 

 (By Wm. P. Keith, Mayview, Mo.) 



Mr. Chairman and Members of the Missouri State Horticultural Society t 



In trying to discuss the subject of "Success and Failure in Apple 

 Growing" I do not for a moment think that I can present anything new 

 to you men Avho have grown old in the profession of horticuture, nor 

 do I hope to be able to point a way to a certain success, for I am fully^ 

 aware that the most successful growers have often met with sore dis- 

 appointment and failure; for without failure we cannot rightly appre- 

 ciate success. But if I can be able to show some beginner a sure way 

 to failure, and he may be thereby induced to steer clear of the shoals where- 

 so many have stranded, anil where others are struggling in the breakers 

 of financial disappointment, my end will be attained. 



It is of the first importance that the man who plants an orchard 

 should know something about the necessary kind of soil required by 

 an apple tree of the kind he wants to plant and whether or not the 

 particular kind of apple he fancies will do well, and produce a good crop. 



These preliminaries- satisfactorily settled, he will decide how far 

 apart he will put the trees in the row ; and the number of rows in the 

 ground he wants to plant being ascertained, multiplying one by the 

 other will give the number of trees required ; go to some reliable nur- 

 seryman and buy his best trees, if you have to pay a good deal more for 

 them than you would for inferior stock. The excess will be money well 

 spent. 



The majority of people prefer planting two-year-old trees, but my 

 experience, and that of several of my neighbors who have planted large 

 orchards in the strong prairie soil of Lafayette county, Missouri, is that 

 a three-year-old tree starts off better, is more apt to live through a 

 drouth, and will come in bearing before the two-year-olds. The soil 

 may have something to do with it, or the tree being larger and stronger- 

 may be able to stand the transplanting better. Which is it, or have- 

 both causes something to do wath it ? 



