88 State Horticultural Society. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CANNED GOODS— Continued. 



Mrs. L. A. George, Peirce City — 



One quart strawberry 



One quart strawberry jam ... 



One quart tomatoes 



One quart rhubarb 



Mrs. French, Peirce City — 



One pint strawberry 



One glass jelly 



One quart gooseberries. 



Mrs. J. E. Coppock, Peirce City- 

 One glass raspberry jelly 



One glass grape jelly 



One glass strawberry jelly . . . 

 One glass blackberry jelly. . . 

 One glass plum jelly 



Mrs. L. L. Allen, Peirce City- 

 One quart gooseberries. . . 



Mrs. Eckert— 



Two cans peaches . 

 One can cherries.. 



.50 

 .25 



.75 



.15 



.45 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. A. Irvine, 

 Mrs. a. Nelson, 

 Miss A. Murtfeldt. 



EEPOET OF COMMITTEE. ON OBITUAEY. 



To Officers and Members of Missouri State Horticultural Society: 



Since our last meeting two members of this society have passed from 

 this life into the life of the great hereafter. 



Henry Speer of Bates county was deeply interested in horticul- 

 tural work. He never neglected an opportunity to advance its interest 

 either in the local work of his own county or at meetings of state 

 societies. He was for ten years the secretary of the Bates County 

 Horticultural Society. He gave much time and personal attention to 

 the collection of fruits for exhibitions to advance the merits of his own 

 county and state. 



L. Geiger of Boonville lived out more than his alloted three score 

 years and ten. He gave much of his active life to horticultural pursuits, 

 more especially m grape culture. Ever ready to disseminate his 



