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could get them hy buying them, but do not feel able to do that. I 

 wish I had more to send you but can not help my situation. I wish 

 you would please send me a copy of last horticultural report. I am 

 yours, and still want the winter meeting. 



W. M. Pearson. 



Leba3^on Mo.^ J^ovember 25, 1899. 

 L. A. Goodman, Secretary, Princeton, Mo. : 



Dear Sir: — Remember if I am not able to be at winter meeting 

 for reasons set forth, that Lebanon wants the next winter meeting. 

 Free homes for all visitors; $1.00 rate at best hotels; one fare for round 

 trip when you strike Frisco at any of her points; and a banquet that 

 all members and officers can set with their feet under the same table. 

 The people of Lebanon know and appreciate the benefit derived from 

 a state meeting, and I assure all of a hearty welcome who come. 



A. l^ELSON. 



WHAT A PExVCTICAL ORCHARDIST HAS TO SAY ABOUT 



THE ADVANTAGES OF SOUTLIEAST MISSOURI AS 



A FRUIT GROWING SECTION. 



M. Butterfield, proprietor of a nursery at Lee's Summit, Mo., and 

 one of the largest fruit growers of the west, was at the Laclede hotel 

 yesterday. Mr. Butterfield has set out about bO,000 trees on the con- 

 tract plan within the last few years, principally in western Missouri 

 and Kansas, and is now engaged in making some experiments with fruit 

 raising in the southeastern part of the state. ''^I have made arrange- 

 ments to start an experimental farm near Farmington," said he, "and 

 some interesting results are anticipated. T will put out sixty varie- 

 ties of apples, sixty varieties of peaches, strawberries, and, in fact, all 

 the leading varieties of small fruits, for experimental purposes. The 

 country looks like a fine fruit region, hut there is not at present a 

 single commercial orchard in that section, so far as I have been able to 

 learn. The soil is superior, and contains the exact quantity of iron 

 which has been long recognized as giving the finest flavor and color. 

 Horticulturists know that a good wheat country will almost always 

 produce fine fruit. 



