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card, giving name, address, quantity and varietr attached with fruit. 



From Salem I returned to Springfield and then west to the 

 borderino; counties, but did not find the fruit as good as in Dent countv. 



At Purdv, Barry county, some had been shipped out in bulk to 

 evaporators at other points, but none had been barreled and shipped 

 as commercial fruit, owing to the imperfect condition. At this point 

 I procured one barrel of Ingram from T. H. Robberson. 



I then worked back to Lawrence coimtv. At Marionville I found 

 the finest fruit in all my trip. This was in an orchard of W. T. 

 Floumov of some 600 trees of Ben Davis, Huntsman, Inan'am and 

 Winesap. which were all exceptionally fine. This orchard is about 

 twelve years from planting, and this the fifth crop, picking about three 

 barrels per tree, of very choice, perfect fruit, and were sold at $2.00 

 per berrel measure, the purchaser furnishing the barrels and doing his 

 own packing. On October loth, when I was at this orchard, it was then 

 unpicked owing to the vigorous gro\vth and heavy foliage, which was 

 then still retained. While all other orchards visited had then dropped 

 their foliage while this orchard was unpicked on account of fruit lacking 

 proper color. This orchard has had the most thorough cultivation, not 

 only for this year, but every year, and sprayed six times each season for 

 five vears. Mr. Floumov has also 140 acres of voung orchard which is 

 in fine condition, very much superior to anything I saw, and I was very 

 favorably impressed with his mode of orchard treatment. His Rome 

 Beauty trees were in splendid condition from all appearance, while 

 this varietv was in a verv sicklv and dvins: condition in all other 

 orchards that I visited, being injured by the winter and by the severe 

 drouth of the summer more than any other variety. In orchards ad- 

 joining Mr. Flournoy's the same condition existed as in other localities, 

 a sicklv, declininfi: condition, while his had made a verv vigorous, 

 healthv srrowth. and trees still retainins: their foliage. This condition 

 can only be attributed to his culture and care of his orchards. !Mr. 

 Flournoy furnished three barrels for the exhibit — one barrel of Ben 

 Davis, one barrel of Winesap, one barrel of Ingram — all of which were 

 very fine. 



I was very sorry after visiting other points that I had not re- 

 mained here longer and purchased more for the exhibit, but being 



