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here in the county of Knox and make a success, as trees properly cared 

 for do* well here, as there are trees within my knowledge that are over 

 thirty-five to forty years old that are still alive and bear some fruit occa- 

 sionally, which would seem to indicate that if good trees are planted 

 and properly cared for that fruit growing would be as profitable right 

 here as anywhere else. The apple crop is rather a short crop this sea- 

 son and they are not keeping well ; it is perhaps fortunate for the trees 

 that they had a light crop on account of the great drouth and hot spell, 

 which had they had a heavy crop of fruit, would have caused the death 

 of many trees. They have gone into winter quarters in good condition. 

 With best wishes 'for a good meeting, and for a more prosperous 

 season next year, I am yours truly, 



PETER DAILING. 



Mr. Robnett, Columbia, Mo. — Boone County Society is inactive in 

 the way of a society, but we have some very active men in our county, 

 and we meet on the streets and in the stores and we talk in regard to- 

 horticulture; and this year's crop, while it has not been what we would 

 like to have had, in the number of barrels, the price has been good and 

 brought us more money than we ever got any year in our county, and 

 I believe that there has been more carloads of apples shipped from our 

 county than ever were shipped out before. We can sell good apples for 

 $5 a barrel in Columbia. I sold some Jonathans for $5 a barrel; had 

 them in cold storage. There is going to be a demand for apple trees in 

 our county next spring that has never been there before, and while I 

 say we don't meet regularly in our society, we still have a society and the 

 members meet and talk here and there, and I think if we should have 

 a good season and a good crop at the same time that we would come to- 

 gether and meet and do better. 



Mr. Wilson of Buchanan County. — Our organization in this county 

 is in better shape than it has been for years. We meet regularly and have 

 a fair attendance. As to crops in this county. There was some fine 

 crops and there were some total failures." In regard to apples. My 

 friend over there, Mr. Maxwell, who read his paper yesterday, had fine 

 success, and some others had total failures. The strawberry crop was 

 cut short by dry weather, and blackberries and raspberries were almost 

 a total failure on account of the dry weather. 



Mr. Hopkins of Springfield, Mo. — The Greene County Horticultural 

 Society is in fine shape. I went down there from Kansas City 15 years 

 ago, and the very next week I became a member of that society, and from 

 that day to this that society has never failed to meet upon it regular 

 day of meeting the first Saturday in each month. We are taking in new 



