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Of pears, peaches, grapes, persimmons, evaporated and canned 



fruits there was a good supply and a creditable showing. The amount 



of money to repay for so good a display is really inadequate and your 



committee regret their inability to give something commensurate to 



the fine exhibition. 



F. HOLSINGER, 



E. J. BAXTER, 



F. J. STINSON, 



G. F. ESPENLAUB. 



Your committee find on exhibition some very fine named and some 

 unnamed seedling apples from South Missouri and North Arkansas ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Stinson of the South Missouri Experiment Station at 

 Mountain Grove. We have duly sampled them and we find some of 

 them of most excellent quality, and we would suggest that they be 

 given a thorough trial to determine their value in commercial and 

 family orchards. We also find several seedling apples exhibited by 

 Mr. A. Nelson of Lebanon, which have attracted our favorable con- 

 sideration, also one by Mr. Butterfield of Farmington, Mo. We also 

 find two apples exhibited as new seedlings by Air. J. H. G. Jenkins of 

 Sp-ring Garden, but your committee can arrive at no conclusion as to 

 the same. All of which is respectfull}' submitted. 



Your committee also 'find a seedling apple exhibited by Mr. Tom- 

 kins of Warrensburg. This apple is red striped, of large size and fine 

 appearance, but deficient in quality, perhaps due to being kept too long, 

 and we can make no recommendations. Likewise one from Wm. 

 Howell, Wappapello, but do not consider it of enough value so far as 

 known to name or advise for propogation. 



We mention also an exhibit of fruits from Conrad Hartzell kept by 

 his method. 



Signed by committee. 



Spring Garden, Mo., Dec. 2, 1901. 

 Secretary L. A. Goodman : 



I regret that I cannot be present at December term of State meeting, 

 but send you samples of a new seedling apple with which I captured 

 the first prize on '•Best Plate of New Seedling Apple" at the "Queen 

 City Fair," Springfield, Alo., in the fall of 1898. 



Awarding committee were all experts, with such men as Judge 

 Hopkins of that city in the lead. The tree is identical in appearance 

 with "Yellow Bell," but the fruit is regarded here as larger and finer 

 flavored than Grimes Golden and a genuine v/inter apple. It is certainly 

 a cross between Golden Pippin and Bell Flower, with possibly a slight 

 infusion of the blood of White Winter Pearmain. It bears every year; 



