50 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



D. S. Holman gave a laughable example of high pruning. Spoke 

 of the sun-scald fouud on the south side of high pruned trees. 



Mr. Carpenter asked if sun scald was made in summer or winter. 



Mr. Holman replied " both,*' the}" are scalded in summer and 

 frozen in winter. 



KEPORT ON NEW FRUITS. 



BY F. LIOXBERGET, NEW FLORENCE, MO. 



READ BY MR. PAGE. 



L. A. Goodman^ Secretary: 



You asked me to write a paper for the society on new apples. I am 

 afraid that I am not well enough posted on the subject to comply with 

 your request. I will, however, do the best I can, and you will have to 

 follow the old rule, ''to always take a Dutchman as he means or allow 

 him to speak twice." As to new apples we are testing quite a number 

 on our grounds and have grafted a few of each kind for the nursery. 

 We have one apple that originated in this county and was propagated 

 in a local way to quite an extent, it is called Smily's Red. We have to 

 propagate them quite largely to meet the local demand, for every one 

 that has seen the apples wants to get trees. The apple is large, coni- 

 cal, striped and shaded with red, very handsome and good, meat white 

 unsurpassed for cooking and evaporating, it needs but little sugar, if 

 any. Season, September ; trees very hardy, upright and annual bearer. 

 I will send you a few of the apples this summer. 



Another very promising varietv is Lucy Pew. It originated in this 

 county. I have never seen the fruit, but parties that have, speak of it 

 in the highest terms. Besides these we are testing a number of other 

 seedlings, of which I think we can send you a few specimens of fruit 

 this summer. 



Yellow Transparent we are testing as to its earliness, by having it 

 top-grafted on Early Harvest trees. 



Red Bietigheimer is very highly spoken of here by parties that 

 have seen it in Germany ; they say it keeps well there, but here, how- 



