SUMMER MEETING. 61 



GOOSEBERRIES AND CURRANTS. 



CofiBn — I would like to ask if you can raise tliem in this country ? 



Nelson — We can raise them where I live. 



Stanley — They tell me its no use to set out currants. I have got 

 2 or 3 dozen set out. Whatever you can raise any place, we can raise 

 in the Ozarks. 



Wednesday, June 5 — 2 p. m. 

 The Peach. 



Commercial peach-growing in the Ozarks is a subject in which we 

 are all interested, whether we are growers or only consumers of thi& 

 delicious fruit. This industry is assuming an importance in the com- 

 mercial affairs of this county that transcends all other interests. Our 

 apple orchards are among the largest in the world, and our vineyards 

 and small fruit plantations are becoming famous ail over the country^ 

 but around the peach centers a special interest. 



The extensive planting of this fruit has been going on so rapidly 

 during the past few years that the question is sometimes asked what 

 the result will be when all these orchards come to bearing, and whether 

 we will be able to control the insects and the fungus diseases that are 

 so destructive in some sections of our country, and whether we will 

 be able to find a market for all our fruit at remunerative prices. These 

 are important questions to all who are making investments that they 

 expect to realize on 5, 10 or 20 years hence. 



In the first place we have the soil and climate to produce the finest 

 peaches of any spot that the sun shines on. To prove this we have 

 only to refer you to the records of this Society, and to the awards 

 made to the Ozark peaches in competition with the world. This fruit 

 is grown all over our country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and 

 from the lakes to the gulf, but it is about the center of this vast terri- 

 tory on the slopes of the Ozarks that it reaches its greatest perfection. 



Having the soil and climate, our success in the peach business de- 

 pends upon our skill as horticulturists or our methods of planting, 

 cultivating, pruning, fertilizing, and tlie packing and shipping of our 

 fruit. 



The location of the orchard is important, but not so much so, per- 

 haps, as we were led to believe. As a rule, we are told to put our 

 peach orchard on the very highest land we can find as a protection 

 against late spring frosts, but our experience in the past few years has 



