188 State Horticultural Society. 



care and pruning. The apples should be left on the trees long as it is 

 safe to do so. Missouri Pippin is an early and prolific bearer and is 

 making a very good record for itself. 



JNIany more could be named, new and old favorites, but we will' 

 leave them on the trial list. In making a choice for planting find out 

 the kinds in your near neighborhood which have done best and thai 

 will be the surest guide for the planter to follow. 



We believe every fruit grower should be an experimenter and 

 try some kinds that are brought out every year. 



VARIETIES OF APPLES THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE TO 

 RAISE IN THE .OZARK REGIONS OF SOUTH MISSOURI. 



(By L. B. Woodside, Salem, Mo.) 



In writing upon this question I will say that I will be forced to 

 speak more from observation than from experience. I have one orchard 

 of my own and another in connection with other parties, but neither of 

 them old enough to return a profit. In the two orchards there are 

 about fifteen thousand apple trees, of which one-third are Ben Davis^ 

 the balance Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Ingram, Rome Beauty, Hunts- 

 man, Willow Twig, jMinkler, Missouri Pippin, Winesap, Gano, York 

 Imperial, Nixonite, Mammoth Black Twig and a few trees each of a. 

 number of other varieties. 



As I stated, I will have to speak much from observation, but that 

 has been quite extensive, and has satisfied me that if I had been ad- 

 vised properly at the time of setting out my orchard and had followed. 

 the advice, it would have been worth much more than it is. 



Up to the present time, in my opinion, there is only one variety 

 that has proved profitable to the growers, and that is the Ben Davis. I 

 think it hardly worth while to speak of that variety, as it is well known 

 to every member of this Society. 



We all know its good qualities and we know its defects. The Beii 

 Davis apple, however, grown in the Ozarks, is not the same apple as 

 the Ben Davis grown in the rich prairie lands of Illinois. We have 

 grown Ben Davis apples this year that are almost equal in flavor to the 

 Minkler, York Imperial or Winesap, and could they have been shipped 

 and sold under some other name, would never be known in some mar- 

 kets as Ben Davis. The fact that in some sections and especially in rich- 

 soils, the Ben Davis apple is not of high color nor quality, in some mar- 

 kets has given it a bad name, and it sells at a discount, but, neverthe- 

 less, I would not advise any grower in the Ozarks to leave that variety 



