264 State Horticultural Society. 



for the timely fall rains they mostly would have perished. Many 

 plowed np their old patches and are depending entirely on their spring- 

 setting for a crop. 



I do not believe that in Greene county, that even the best prospects- 

 can possibly make more than one-half crop of berries. There are many 

 patches that will not make more than one-fourth crop, and some that 

 will not be worth picking. 



The raspberry, wdiere pit)perly taken care of, is generally in good 

 condition. The canes have made a fine growth, but there are scarcely 

 any tips. Since the destruction of the older varieties by anthracnose 

 there have been but few raspberries planted in this locality. There have 

 not been enough raspberries raised in Greene county the past two years 

 to supply the home market in Springfield. 



All varieties of blackberries are in good shape. There has not been 

 an unusual growth of wood, but sufiicient for a good crop. 



Gooseberries and currants are only grown here in a small way^ 

 mostly in gardens, and cut no figure in the general fruit productions of 

 the country. So far as my observation has extended they are in good 

 condition. 



REPORT OX COLLECTING FRUIT FOR THE PARIS 



EXPOSITION. 



By W. G. Gano, Parkville. 



To the Missouri State Horticultural Society : — 



Having been appointed by the executive board of this society to 

 solicit, encourage and assist the fruit growers of the state to get together 

 an exhibit of fruit for the state at the Paris Exposition for 1900, I 

 submit the following lu-ief notes: 



By the generosity of the Frisco and Memphis railroad lines, which 

 furnished me free transportation, my work was taken up in southern 

 Missouri along those two railroad lines. Leaving Kansas City September 

 25th, I went to Salem, Dent county, over the Frisco line. At this point 

 I found quite a lively competition in the apple traffic. There being 

 some four different firms buying and shipping apples, and it was esti- 

 mated there would be from forty to sixty cars shipped from this point. 



