22 State Horticultural Society. 



THE FRUIT MEN. 



The State Horticultural Society Adjourned Thursday Night After a 

 Three Days' Profitable Session in Versailles — Morgan County and 

 People Praised. — Some Interviews and Resolutions Which Tell 

 What Learned and Experienced Men Think of Us. 



The Missouri State Horticultural Society, which held its summer 

 session in Versailles three days last week, adjourned Thursday night 

 after a very profitable session. One characteristic of the Society wa^ 

 very noticeable, and that was its earnest and close application to busi- 

 ness. There was no boy's play about it. It was just like a well-disci- 

 plined school room. No time during work hours for play ; no time for 

 unprofitable and worthless discussions ; no time for anything else but 

 the published program. Usually where many papers are read much at- 

 tention is given to florid preparations ; beautiful rhetorical figures of 

 speech abound and much is heard about the huming bee and the singing 

 bird, but this Society has eliminated most all of this gush. We noticed 

 a time or two some one tried to ring in a flowery sentence, but on rais- 

 ing his eyes he would see his brethren winking at each other, and he 

 would cut it out as soon as possible. This disposition to do business on 

 business principles and blue-pencil all that is not to the point has made 

 and is making the Society more popular. These facts were noticed by 

 many in attendance and were commented on favorably by those not 

 members. 



Many Morgan county and Versailles citizens were in attendance 

 upon all of the meetings. The court house was comfortably full most 

 of the time. Among the number we noticed several farmers and fruit 

 growers. Although it was a very busy time on the farm, some farmers 

 and fruit men attended these meetings most of the time. 



During the last day of the session Col. J. C. Evans, ex-President 

 of the Society, and one of the most distinguished fruit raisers in the 

 State, made a speech, during the course of which he said : "I cannot 

 help saying at this point that I believe that right here in Morgan county 

 is the right place for a young man to marry and settle down on some 

 of these hill farms and proceed to be happy. Let him get a good wife, 

 plant a good orchard and take good care of it, plant all kinds of berries 

 and grapes and take care of them, get him a cow and keep lots of 

 poultry and take care of it. If he will do these things I will warrant 



