170 State Horticultural Society. 



O^ FI^TAIsTCE :— 



J. C. Evans. 



K B. WilkersoB. 



W. G. Gano. 



01^ IsEW FKUITS :— 



Prof. J. C. Whitten. 



Prof. R. A. Emerson, of Xebraska. 



L. H. Callaway, of Illinois. 



ON OBITUARY:— 

 A. H. Gilkeson. 

 J. T. Snodgrass. 

 T. R. Peyton. 



OX FINAL RESOLUTIONS :— 

 J. M. Irvine. 

 J. P. Canaday. 

 N. O. Booth. 



The subject of "Orchards" was taken np in papers and discn; 

 sions. 



THE APPLE.— GROWING, PRUNING, DIGGING AND 



HANDLING. 



By J. P. Sinnock, Moberly, Mo. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



The subject assigned to me is one that I have been interested in 

 for twenty-five years, and have been making the best practical use of 

 it under the circumstances. Sometimes we get discouraged after such 

 winters as we had last winter, but God, the great ruler, who kiioweth all 

 things, knows best. 



GROWING. 



The a23ple seed is planted and cultivated one summer, dug in the 

 late fall, packed away in the cellar ready for grafting; then we go to 

 the scion orchard, cut this summer's growth, tie them up in bundles, 



