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us. Many more have tried it than ever before, some with success, some 

 with partial success others wiUi entire failure just the same experience 

 as with liquid spraying, some condemning it, others approving and all 

 sorts of views as to benefits and results. 



Results this year have not proven anything except the uncertainty 

 of our efforts and the surety that we must do something to keep our 

 fruits free from troubles. Continued experimenting will finally result in 

 definite directions and I feel sure that in a few years we can say what 

 and how and when to spray. 



Information and special facts are wanted to go into our case where 

 we shall have the enlarged photos to show. We want some extra- 

 ordinary facts as to largest crops of fruit, growth of trees, money from 

 crops, size of trees, oldest bearing orchard, best record of orchard pro- 

 ducts, largest fruits produced; in fact any important horticultural fact 

 that would be notable enough to go on a card for the viewing of the 

 public. 



Some of these which I shall use are here appended and they will be 

 used on our large photo cards. 



THE LARGEST HORTICULTURAL FACTS OF MISSOURI. 



Largest apple tree 9 years old, 3c inches in circumference, 28 feet 

 spread, 25 feet high. 



Largest apple tree 6 years old, 6 inches in circumference, 15 feet 

 spread, 13 feet high. 



'More counties producing fruit than any other state. 



The largest nurseries in the world are in Missouri. 



The largest orchard in the world is in Missouri. 



The largest number of apple trees in any state in the world is in 

 Missouri, 25,000,000. 



The largest acreage of peach orchards in any state in the world is 

 in Missouri. 



The largest number of cars of strawberries was shipped from 

 Missouri, 2,000 cars. 



The largest crop of fruit in the State, $20,000,000. 



The largest strawberry center. 



The largest acreage of fruit lands of any state. 



The largest range of red lands of the Ozarks. 



The largest amount of "loess" lands, best in the world, along the 

 Missouri and Mississippi rivers. 



