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MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Pears. — Burre de Anjou, L. B. de Jersey, Duchess d'Angoulme 

 -Worrell. 



Now if the above will do any good you can turn it over to the Sec- 

 retary. Most of the above have been heavy for the last ten years. 



Truly yours, 



GEO. H. SHEPHARD. 



Six varieties for profit: Lowell, 5 per cent; M. Blush, 10 per cent.; 

 Jonathan, 10 per cent.; Willow Twig, 10 per cent.; Janeton, 10 per 

 cent.;,Ben Davis, 55 per cent. 



Twelve varieties for home use: Early Harvest, Duchess of Old- 

 enburg, Sops of Wine, Hightop Sweet, Lowell, Maiden's Blush, Mother, 

 Jonathan, Grimes' Golden, Willow Twig, Ben Davis and Janeton. 



BuTLEK, Mo. HENRY SPEER. 



Six varieties of apples best for profit : Ben Davis, Wine Sap, Maid- 

 en's Blush, Grimes Golden, Clayton and Jonathan. 



Green Castle, Ind. W. A. WORKMAN. 



LIST BY JACOB FAITH, OF JMONTEVALLO. 



As I have been requested to make selections of apples, I make a 

 selection for timber soil. In this selection I have been governed 

 somewhat by the experience of others : 



