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KOSHKONONG, Mo. , June 13, 1895. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman: 



Dear Sir— We have in our last sprlngEsettlngof peach trees a great many seedlings. 



AVill you kindly tell me which to do— bud them from their neighboring trees tills summer, 



or wait till fall and replace wltli otlier trees? 



Yours truly, 



Calver Bros. 



Replace them. 



St. Louis, June 3, 1895. 

 L. A. Goodman, Sec'y, Willow Springs, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— The price of|tiie tree wrappers is $3 per 1000 in small lots $2 50; in lots of 5000; 



$2.25 In lots of 15,000 and up. Tliese are net casli prices. We cut this material from waste, 



hence the low price. Tliey are quickly put on, witli a short piece of Ijroom wire put through 



two holes near the center with an awl, so as to hold wire in place, a great number can be 



put on in an liour. Above prices ai'e f.o.b here in St. Louis. We neglected to send you 



prices. Yours truly, 



t'AUONDELET BASKET & BOX CO. 



Invitations were presented for the winter meeting as follows : 



NEOSHO, Mo. , May 11, 1895. 

 L A. Goodman, Esq. , Westport, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— I brought up the matter of sending a delegation to Willow Springs to try 



and secure the next meeting of tlie Missouri state Horticultural Society liere, before the 



Neoslio CiulD at Its last meeting, and a delegation was apppointed and tlie matter is well 



underway. We have already secured the court-liouse to hold the meeting in, and liave 



also secured low rates from the hotels for the delegates. The delegation will he on hand at 



Willow Springs. Yours truly, 



J. M. PUKDT. 



Neosho, Mo., June 3, 1895. 

 To the State Horticultural Society of Misssouri: 



Gentlemen— The city of Xeosho, by order of its Board of Aldermen, extend to you a 



cordial Invitation to hold your next Decemijer, 1895, meeting in our city, and extend to you 



tlie liospitallty of tlie city. Yours respectfully, 



N. A. MoRFORD, City Clerk. 



Neosho, Mo., June 3, 1895. 

 To the Missouri State Horticultural Society: 



At a regular meeting of tlie Neosho Business Mens' Cluli, lield liere 15tli ult. , a resolu- 

 tion inviting the State Horticultural Society to hold It j winter convention in Neoslio In De- 

 cemljer of this year, was unanimously adopted, and I was Instructed to tender said Invita- 

 tion to you in convention assemljled at Willow Springs, and to assure you tliat the fruit- 

 growers, the citizens and business men of this community would use every effort to make 

 tlie visit of tlie delegates to the convention a very pleasant, agreeable and, I trust, a profi- 

 table one. 



The Neosho l3usiness men earnestly hope that your Executive Committee will see their 

 way to appointing this city as the meeting place of your next convention. 



Y'ours faithfully, 



Jas. McEwing, 



Secretary Neosho Club. 



Marceline, Mo. , May 2£, 1895.. 

 Hon. L. a. Goodman, Westport Mo. : 



Y'OUR Honor— Owing to the press of our business, I cannot attend your meeting at Wil- 

 low Springs, as would much desire to do; and, living as we are, In a part of tlie State where 

 horticulture is just budding in anything of an Intei'est, and a little encouragement at an 

 early date would be the means of building a permanent horticultural business in this 



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