Something You Should Know. 



MISSOURI FOR FRUIT. 



Occupying the position of advantage and of special adaptability for 

 fruit-growing, proximity to the markets, and the best of railroad facilities, 

 Missouri offers to the seeker after locations for raising fruit, more good 

 fruit land than any other state of the Union, more variety of soil, and 

 elevation adapted to fruit-culture, more of the loess land, the best lands 

 in the world, more of the hills of the Ozarks, more of the river bluffs, 

 more of the table lands along the water courses, and all, all of them, the 

 very best of fruit lands, waiting for the settler to come and occupy, 

 waiting for the orchardist to come and plant, waiting for the husbandman 

 to come and develop what nature has so l^ountifuly prepared for his use. 



We have thought best to present to the seekers after homes a map 

 of the railroads of the state, a list of the counties through which they 

 run, and a short description of the advantages offered, along the line* of 

 each, to the fruit-grower, to the settler, or to the large commercial 

 planter. 



We wish also to thus notify the buyers of fruits, that along the lines 



of these roads are hundreds of thousands of acres of apple orchards many 



thousands of peach trees, and many hundred acres of small fruits of all 



kinds, and they can be reached from any of the markets of all this land. 



Buyers can find here in Missouri all the berries they want, car loads of 



the best peaches in the world, and thousands of car loads of the most 



beautiful, best selling apples of our country along the lines of these 



different railroads. Study these maps and these short descriptions, and 



then act on this information. 



L. A. GOODMAjq-, 



Secretarv. 



