108 State Horticultural Society. 



where they live when apples are an entire failure, as they were here 

 last year. 



The Enormous Strawberry proved the hardiest of all on my 

 ground. I had a few rows of Dunlaps last year and tell you they 

 were "honey." We like them better for family use than any kind 

 we have ever grown, and I have had some 25 varieties under cul- 

 tivation. 



Well, there are some signs of rain — at least, it is pretty, cloudy. 



Well, I do hope you will have a good and profitable meeting, 

 and I will enjoy reading about it very much. 



Hoping the shadow of your good work will never grow less, I 

 remain Fraternally yours, 



G. T. Odor. 



Marceline, Mo., June 2, 1906. 

 L. A. Goodman, Esq. : 



Dear Sir — I would like to explain to you how 1 successfully 

 moved and transplanted apple and peach trees last August. In 

 brief, if there is anything in the method it is simply this : Cutting 

 back the limbs, as in fall transplanting, removing every leaf, and 

 keeping the roots thoroughly wet after transplanting, removing the 

 leaves being, I think, the main point. 



In locating a new home, I was obliged to move two apple and 

 two peach trees, which had stood three years since setting, and 

 were from two to three inches in diameter, with well grown tops. 

 While studying on the possibility of saving them, it occurred to 

 me that as trees can be moved in the fall, as soon as they shed their 

 leaves, it might be possible that taking off the leaves might save 

 them. As they had got to come out anyhow, there was nothing to 

 lose by trying the experiment. The ground was quite dry and very 

 little dirt remained on the roots. But they were planted as soon as 

 they were dug up and thoroughly wet. In less than two weeks the 

 apple trees put out sprouts, and the limbs remained fresh and green. 



They were moved on the 25th of August, and on the 16th of 

 September my bam was struck by lightning and burned. One 

 apple tree, twelve feet from the corner of the barn, was killed out- 

 right. A few sprouts came out around the root this spring, but 

 the tree was so completely dead that they soon withered. The 

 other apple tree, twenty-five feet from the barn, and not quite in 

 the direct course of the wind, was some blistered on the exposed 

 side, and I think some of the top will have to be taken off. On the 

 side furtherest from the fire the foliage is fresh and green. One 



