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only a few are profitable to the fruit-grower? Let us revise the list. 

 The following I consider ample and sufficient for all practical use : 

 Summer — Red June, Early Harvest, L. Transparent, Bernoni, Chenango 

 Strawberry. Fall — Maiden's Blush, Rarabo, G. G. Pippin, Domine. 

 Winter — Ben Davis, Jonathan, Gano, Missouri Pippio, York Imper- 

 ial, Huntsman, Janet, Wine Sap, Ark. Black, Lansingburg. Lady and 

 Ladies Sweet. H. W. Jenkins. 



CRAWFORD COUNTY. 



While we have some very enthusiastic members, most of them take 

 hold of the matter very reluctantly, but when you talk to them about 

 the good that could be accomplished they readily agree to it, but when 

 you have a meeting they fail to come out. I sprung the question 

 last summer and by hard exertions succeeded in effecting an organiza- 

 tion, but it seems that every thing depends on me to keep the thing 

 going, and to a certain extent I have relaxed my energies in that direc- 

 tion, to see if some of the rest would not come to the front and keep 

 the ball rolling. I can plainly see that fruit raising is one of the most 

 profitable industries that we South-central Missourians can engage in, 

 our soil and clim.ate being especially adapted to fruit culture; and we 

 have a great many fine apple orchards that have fully demonstraced 

 the value thereof, and the acreage of apple trees being planted is in- 

 creasing each year, and for all not over JO per cent of the apple trees 

 that have been planted in Crawford county have yei come into bfearing. 

 The farmers of Crawford county realized more actual cash from their 

 apple crop this year than any other crop of the year, and when they 

 take hold of the small fruits, as they should, they will find that they 

 will supply a long felt need of something to bring in money at a time 

 when they most need it and have nothing else to bring it in. 



Below are the names of the officers of the Meramec Horticultural 

 Association: E. R. Bowen, President; Peter Lovengood, Vice-Presi- 

 dent ; Joseph Marsh, Secretary ; K. D. Nerval, Assistant Secretary^ 

 and Charles Lay, Treasurer, S-teelville. 



E. R. Bowen, Steeiville, Mo. 



CONWAY. 



The Conway Horticultural Society has been a little negligent about 

 meeting lately, especially since Mr. Getty moved away. We met last 

 week and elected officers as follows: President, N. C. Newport ; Vice- 

 President, J. A. Day; Secretary, R. O. Hardy: Treasurer, R. C. 

 Newport. R. O. Hardy. 



