Winter Meeting. 4^3 



recommend some seedling trees from selected fruit ; there are a number 

 of kinds in this part of the State that comes true from seed, and mostly 

 are improvements of the common, dry, mealy freestone, which Mr. 

 Murray is inclined to make light of and calls the veneered peach. 

 Most of the improved seedlings here have not much fixity of type, do 

 not always come the same; however, the Conover and Indian freestone 

 come the same, as they have been grown for so many times from seed, 

 but there is room for improvement in these two kinds. 



The fruit of a seedling cling was exhibited at our county fair last 

 fall from Osborn, this county. The parties said it came true from seed. 

 It would compare very favorably with Stump the World, both in size 

 and color ; in fact, I thought it was Stump the World until I learned it 

 was a cling. 



I look forward to the time when we shall have a general assort- 

 ment of peaches that come true from seed, that will be as large and as 

 good as our budded kinds. What we need is for someone to be working 

 systematically at it, to increase the number of such seedlings and improve 

 them up to that end. 



DISCUSSION. 



In a call for best varieties of peaches for commercial planting, the 

 Elberta led. Among other favorites were Salway, Crosby, Champion, 

 Family Favorite, Mrs. Brett, Mountain Rose, Reeves Favorite and 



Kalamazoo. 



Secretary Goodman — Cherry trees on Mahaleb roots give the best 

 results. Early Richmond, Late Richmond, Montmorency give best 

 money. There is good money in a large cherry orchard on these Mis- 

 souri hills. Don't plow after five or six years old — keep in sod. 



Secretary Green of Iowa — The Early Richmond leads in money 

 making, the Montmorency next. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



In the death of B. R. Boucher of Cairo, Randolph county, Mis- 

 souri, in June of this year, we are again reminded that death may 

 overtake each of us while in the line of duty, and in the enjoyment of 

 a fair degree of health. Of the early history of the subject of this 

 short and necessarily imperfect sketch, your committee have been unable 

 to learn anything. 



For several years Mr. Boucher was a member of this Society, en- 

 joyed the few meetings he could attend, and honored it for the work it 



