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Missouri, Uien, offers to the horticulturist the finest chmate, 

 abundance of rain-fall, the best soil and subsoil the proper ekvation 

 of land, for water and air drainage, the most central geographical 

 location, the peculiar adaptation of varieties to our orchard lands, the 

 most extensive markets in the country, railroad facilities the best to 

 be found, the most complete arrangement for securing the experience 

 of the best fruit growers for teaching the principles of h'uit growing, 

 and above all, the best equipped Horticultural School that can be found 

 anywhere in the United States. All these good things only await your 

 coming and the utilizing nf iheni. 



VALUE ()!•" ORCHARDS. 



(L. A. Goc'dman.) 



The orchards of tlu- SlaU- run up into millions of dollars, reaching 

 llnrty millions for the apple orchards themselves, ten millions for 

 the peach orchards, three millions for the other orch.ard fruits, and at 

 least five millions for the berry and grape plantations. The value of 

 the products from these orchards and fruit plantations Avould be far 

 up into the millions also in a seasonable 3-ear. The apple crop, the 

 next full crop we have, will Ijc worth $12,000,000. The peach crop, 

 84,000,000. the other fruits $1,000,000, and the berry and grape crops 

 $3,000,000 more, making the value divided about one-third for North 

 Missouri and two-thirds for South Missouri, and in ajjout three years 

 the valiie will be added to about 50 per cent. 



Cold storages arc now taking care of our apple crop so com- 

 pletely that varieties which could not ])e held years ago can now be 

 (.asily kept for months in a temperature of 32 degrees where they will 

 hardly change in texture. These cold storages are being built all over 

 the State in our large cities, so that abundance of room can now be 

 furnished the fruit grower or the apple buyer, and prices are kept 

 uniform throughout the whole season, very nearly. 



Canning factories and evaporators and cider mills are also being 

 Iniilt in all the smaller towns and on the large orchards so that they 

 can take care of all the surplus fruits of all kinds and still secure 

 some profit from them. 



Horticulture in ^^lissouri would not be complete without the 

 flowers, vegetables and nursery stock all over the State. The floral 

 and green house interests of the State are some of the largest in the 



