REPORT 



OF THE 



MISSOURI VALLEY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BY G. W. HOPKIRS, ESQ., 



WITH SOME OF THE PAPERS READ DURIXG THE YEAR. 



Mr. President and Members of the Missouri State Horticultural S&- 

 ciety: 



I herewith submit a brief report from the Missouri Valley Horti- 

 cultural Society : 



Since my last report to your meeting at St. Joseph, we have passed 

 through one of the most severe winters I have ever experienced in this 

 State. This has been followed up by a very cold, wet. backward spring, 

 which has left its telling effect upon every kind of fruit. 



Thousands of apple trees which were loaded with bloom and gave 

 promise of a bountiful crop, are now covered with a rich green foliage,, 

 but minus their fruit. 



Peach trees have not only failed to bloom, but many are dead and 

 many are so badly injured as to make but a sickly effort in the forma- 

 tion of foliage. 



Raspberries that have heretofore been considered iron-clad, hav» 

 had to succumb. 



