220 State Horticultural Society. 



ishable fruit is bought and sold on the wires. Answer telegrams 

 promptly and always pay them. Don't be stingy. The Western 

 Union needs your contribution, and time is money. The buyer on 

 the other end hasn't time for a letter to reach him, and a telegram, 

 properly and promptly answered, has sold many cars of apples that 

 other parties would have sold if the wires had not been used. 



Sell all your fruit on track consigned to no one. The man who 

 packs his fruit properly and guarantees it can always do this, be- 

 cause a great many reliable firms would rather buy fruit outright 

 they can depend upon than to get it on consignment. If you can't 

 sell your apples, throw them in the river and save your barrels. 



There are some few good commission firms, but the firm who 

 can handle your fruit and make you money, can also buy from you 

 direct and still make you money. 



I shipped 73 cars, about 14,000 barrels of apples, this season, 

 and, outside of some I have in storage, every car was sold on track 

 and at a fair price, considering the season. 



At this point Mr. S. N. Black of Clayton, Ills., was introduced. 

 He said that Missouri could show people many things of great inter- 

 est. There was some talk of making the apple blossom the na- 

 tional flower, This would be worth much to the fruit grower. The 

 Mississippi apple growers make a specialty of apples. Raise fine 

 fruit, but trying to improve our methods. 



Princeton, 111., November 23, 1906. 

 To Whom it May Concern : : 



This is to certify that Mr. S. N. Black of Clayton, 111., has 

 been appointed as a delegate from the Illinois State Horticultural 

 Society to the annual meeting of the Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society for 1906. 



Mr. Black is a valued member of our Society and I am sure 

 that his visit to you will be mutually profitable. 



L. R. Bryant, Secretary. 



DISCUSSION ON GRADING. 



Mr. J. M. Irvine — Have visited the associations in Colorado 

 and Hood river valley. Asked them if they thought that an asso- 

 ciation like theirs could be successful here. Said they thought not ; 

 that we grew too many No. 2 apples. Whenever we get an associ- 

 ation doing good work, the best brain and talent of the members 

 is at the use of the poorest and weakest members. Regarding the 



