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and Fall apples, I think we have enough for market for the nearfuture 

 any way. Therefore, the long keeping winter apple that will sell in 

 the South, should be mainly planted for the next ten years in Missouri, 

 and there is no danger of growing too many of them. But an abundance 

 of good shipping apples will induce shippers to visit our State, and a 

 greater demand for the Missouri apple will be the result, whilst at 

 present four-fifths of the crop is unfit to stand the shipping expenses. 



There is no branch of business where there is a greater ignorance, 

 manifested than in the planting of fruit trees, vines and berry plants, 

 and I blame, to a great extent, the unscrupulous tree-peddler for it, as 

 he, with his platebooks, and constantly new, and most of the time 

 worthless fruit, creates a terrible confusion amongst the manj'" farmers 

 who locate as farmers, but have not in the least been educated for that 

 purpose. 



It does not matter how small a station is, if two car loads of first 

 •class Winter apples not more than three varieties, can be packed, 

 you will find a shipper to bring about one car-load of 300 empty bar 

 Tels, and buy your 300 barrels of Ben Davis, Huntsmans, Jonathan, 

 "Winesap, Rome Beauty or Newton Pippin. 



More Winter apples, more pastures, more grass, less wheat, just 

 enough corn for home demand ; all the beef and milk cattle the popu- 

 lation will need, and we soon will see the farmer prosper. Besides the 

 varieties above mentioned, you should try the Langford's Seedling, 

 and the newest and longest keeping, hardy apple, the Salome, which 

 •may take the lead in a few years as the best keepers. 



The following letter was read : 



Glassville, Caldwell Co., Mo., May 26, 1885. 



Mr. L. a. Goodman, Westpori, Mo.: 



Dear Sir : Yours of the 15th inst. came duly to hand with your 

 friendly request asking the fruit growers of Missouri to be present at 

 the semi-annual meeting of the Missouri State Horticultural Society, 

 to be held in Butler, Bates county. Mo., June 9, 10 and 11, 1885. It 

 would afford me much pleasure to meet with the fruit growers of Mis- 

 souri at that time and place if it was in my power to do so. I will 

 probably have a light half crop of apples. Many of the trees seem to 

 be taking a rest this year, as they have produced large crops of fruit in 

 the past lew years. This rest will no doubt be very good for the trees, 

 and as we have about twelve acres in orchard there will likely be 

 plenty of apples for our own family and also for several families of our 

 children, and some to spare to others. During the past spring I care- 



