MISCELLANEOUS. 



Lee's Summit, Jackson County, Mo., June 7, 1906. 



Mr. L. A. Goodman, Kansas City, Mo. : 



Dear Sir — I have just received a letter from Mr. W. H, Under- 

 wood which is very interesting to me, and I am going to send you a 

 copy of the letter. It seems to me that these people are going at 

 horticulture in the right way, and that it will be well worth while 

 to keep in touch with them. I am forced to admit that my corre- 

 spondence with Mr. Underwood has resulted in some nice orders 

 for trees. 



The apple that he mentions at Burlington seems to be an 

 ''Early Wealthy," and he is very anxious to get a start of that va- 

 riety. Mr. Underwood has been inclined to ignore the Ben Davis, 

 admitting that it is the Ipest apple for Missouri and Arkansas. He 

 has always claimed that it is not the thing for Western Kansas, 

 and when I was at his place last September he threatened to cut 

 down Ben Davis trees and plant something else ; but I took the po- 

 sition that Ben Davis had never failed anyone else and that in the 

 long run it would show up more dollars and cents than any other 

 variety, and from this letter it would appear that the prospects for 

 Ben Davis making good in the future are brighter. My very best 

 regards. 



Yours truly, 



J. S. BUTTERFIELD. 



Hutchinson, Kan., June 5, 1906. 



Mr. J. S. Butterfield, Lee's Summit, Mo.: 



Dear Sir — Your favor of the 4th inst. received, for which we 

 thank you very much ; also the report of the Missouri Horticultural 

 Society in the same mail. Very glad to have this, as Missouri cer- 

 tainly has got Kansas skinned on the report proposition. You 

 seem to have more intelligent men in charge of that department in 

 your State. 



