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you be kind enough to take up a collection for the good old man and send it to him 

 at College Springs, Iowa, either direct or through this ofBce. 



I have never known of a similar appeal to your Society, or heard of an occa- 

 sion therefor. But this case appeals so strongly to our sympathies, to the noblest 

 sentiments of brotherhood and manhood, that I cannot but think the members of 

 the State Horticultural Society present will gladly make up a purse as a Christmas 

 present for the good old man. 



He dreads being sent to the poor-house, as any man of his intelligence well 

 might; but as he is aftlieted with cancer in the face, and too old to work, we must 

 soon find some home for him, or in this great land of plenty, his native land, he 

 will perish in the streets from want. 



This, my appeal to you, is but for temporary relief. My next appeal will be 

 to the Governor of the State for a place for him in some one of the eleemosynary 

 institutions of Iowa. But help is needed now, at once, and freely at that. 



Will you kindly help me supply the old man with the wherewith to put him 

 in immediate funds, and greatly oblige 



Yours very truly, 



Gii:o. Longman. 



Grayson Mo., Nov. 17, 1893. 

 L. A.. Goodman, Sec'y : 



Dear Sir— Your card giving notice of State Horticultural Society meeting to 



be held at Fulton Dec. 5, 6 and 7 received. 1 cannot be present, although I would 



be glad if I could. Whenever the Society holds a meeting in this section of the 



State, I am fully determined to be present. I will offer a suggestion : that the 



Society publish a list of all kinds of fruit, their time of ripening for each section 



of the State, Northwest, Northeast, Central, Southwest, Southeast as divided by 



the State Board of Agricultural — such list to be determined by vote of the Society, 



at such meetings as they may think best, and no fruit to be listed only such as is 



thought worthy of general cultivation in each of said sections of the State. To 



beginners I think such a list would be invaluable. 



Respectfully, 



Wm. L. Culver. 



Oregon, Holt Co. Mo., Dec. 6, 1893. 

 L. A. Goodman, Fulton, Mo. : 



Dear Sir — Much as 1 would like to be with you at the meeting there, it is im- 

 possible to do so. I regard the State Horticultural Society as one of the most 

 important institutions in the State to bring our great State to the front, where she 

 properly belongs ; therefore, I regret that our local Society is so poorly represented 

 this time. 



Now, as to the Japan plums, I know practically so little about them that I 

 dare not attempt to write on that subject ; however, I will say I have faith enough 

 in them to have several hundred trees of bearing age on my farm, but the last two 

 unfavorable seasons have prevented their bearing, except that the Abundance and 

 Spalding have borne some fine fruit ; their early and profuse blooming indicates 

 that they mean business, and I hope a more favorable season to give you a more 

 definite and favorable report on the subject. 



With us the prospect for the coming fruit-crop is favorable. Berry plants of 

 all kinds are not in first-class condition. In raspberries the Kansas, Palmer and 

 Progress are the most hopeful at this writing. In strawberries the "Bubach," 

 "Barton's Eclipse," "Beder Wood," "Leader," "Dayton," "Timbrell"and 



