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lar supply, never dividing shipments with difTerent houses, and mak- 

 ing competition with your own goods, and placing them where the 

 buyers, who are accustomed to purchasing your brand, will not know 

 where to look for them, or changing from one market to another, as the 

 quotations happen to meet your lancy, and you will find that the result 

 of your season's business will be more satisfactory and your financial 

 condition better than those who pursue a different course. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Murray thinks the important question of fruitgrowers i& 

 to get money to pay for our labor. 



Mr. Hollister — Have good, clean barrels, well faced and well 

 packed, with even, good, sound fruit. Never use anything but barrels 

 for apples. Use common apples all through as well as on top of barrel. 



^QUESTION BOX. 



The Secretary read the following: 



1. Will everbearing raspberries bear continually, and what are 

 they ? 



Answer by S. Miller, gives the following: 



Scarlet Gem, Staymen's No. 2, Miller's' Everbearing, Shafer's Col- 

 losal. 



2. When shall we gather apples to keep well, early or late ? 



E. P. IlenTy — Some varieties early, and others late to keep well ^ 

 Jonathan needs early gathering; Rambo needs early gathering. 



3. Describe the curculio ?' 

 Answer by C. W. Murtfeldt. 



4. The Stannard apple, its value ? 



Ans. Large, fine, showy apple, but of poor quality. 



5. Is it practical to top graft apple trees ten' to fifteen years old ? 

 Ans. No; they sun scald^ Miller says he has done it successfully^ 



by taking three years to do it. 



6. Will it pay to plant pecans ? 



Yes, Mr. Hollister says, there is an unlimited demand, and thinks 

 it is one of the most valuable trees we could plant. 



THURSDAY, 7 P. M. 



Society met the Normal School, and was called to order by the 

 President, and the first on the programme was a paper on Flowers, by 

 Miss Ella Lytle, of High Hill, Mo. 



