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Our apples are not as large as yours, but are lighter colored. In 

 Iowa the Ben Davis is as red as your Jonathan. I am much interested 

 in the new seedlings I see here. We are trying to develop hardy fruits 

 to stand our climate, and these seedlings show what kinds of fruit we 

 may look for from the seeds of old varieties. 



Mr. Bronson, of Iowa — I am from Southeast Iowa. I am glad to 

 be with you, and invite you to attend our Iowa meeting. 



Mr. Keed, of Wisconsin — This is the first time I have visited the 

 State of Missouri. I was pleased at the remarks made by my friend 

 from Iowa. A week ago last Saturday it was 20 degrees below zero 

 at my home in Wisconsin. I have heard since that it has been still 

 colder since I left, so I am rather glad to be away. Your exhibit is 

 ■very pleasant to look upon. We expend our efforts upon that greatest 

 of all food plants, the Irish potato. We stand in potatoes where you 

 stand in apples; but we are breeding hardy apples for the cold north, 

 such as the Northwestern Greening, which promises to become one of 

 the standard fruits. We also originated the Wolf River, which at New 

 Orleans received the prize as the largest and finest new apple. 



President Evans — Does not the Wolf River grow larger here than 

 in Wisconsin ? 



Mr. Reed — I can't say ; it probably would. I have known it to 

 weigh one pound aud nine ounces in its native county. 



W. G. Gano — Mr. President, it has always been our practice to 

 send greeting to our sister state societies. I move that our Secretary 

 send a message of greeting to the Indiana society now in session. 

 Carried unanimously. 



MISSOURI HILLS FOR FRUIT-GROWING. 



Mr. President and Members of the State Horticultural Society — 

 Your good Secretary had requested the writer to prepare a paper for 

 this meeting on the subject as headed above, " Missouri Hills Suitable 

 for Fruit-growing." 



Why he made this selection, although there are better learned, 

 more talented, more able and more experienced members in the So- 

 ciety, who could pay this subject the merited justice involved, I do not 

 know. I have accepted, and will try to tell you why " Missouri hills " 

 are well suited for fruit-growing, if even I cannot give you much new 

 of interest, still to refresh the memory and spur to renewed action 

 in the field of horticulture shall be my aim at this time. 



Your hills and hill-sides, and for miles exicnding plateaus, espec- 

 ially those bordering on your great river and their tributaries, are the 



