54 Missou7'i State Horticultural, Society. 



Upon motion the society voted to increase the. salary of the 

 secretary to five hundred dollars per year. The work of the 

 secretary is continually growing and he is compelled to give uj) 

 most of his time to the work now, and every year will find more 



and more to be done. 



Rej^ort of the committee on the fruits on the table present 

 their report. 



EEPOET OF COMMITTEE OJs FRUIT. 



The undersigned committee would respectfully submit the 

 following awards or premiums on strawberries : 



Best collection, ten varieties, 15.00 ; W. C. Freeman. 



Best four varieties market, $2.00 ; Missouri Valley Society, by 

 J. C. Dickinson. 



Best four varieties table, $2.00 ; Jasper County Society. 



Box largest, 11.00 ; Missouri Valley Society, by W. M.Hopkins. 

 Kansas Ciij. 



Box shipped 100 miles, $1.00 ; Missouri Valley Society, by W. 

 M. Hopkins. 



Box any variety, $1.00 ; W. C. Freeman. 



Box Capt. Jack, 50 cents ; Missouri Valley Society, L. A. 

 Goo'dman. 



Box Crescent, 50 cents ; J. E. Alexander. 



Box Cumberland, 50 cents ; Missouri Valley Society, by J. C. 

 Dickinson. 



Box New variety, $1.00 ; Missouri Valley Society, by "W. 

 M. Hopkins. 



Box Windsor Chief, 50 cents ; Missouri Valley Society, by 

 J. C. Dickinson. 



Box Chas. Downing, 50 cents ; J. E. Alexander. 



Box Wilson, 50 cents : Missouri Valley Society, by J. C. Dick- 

 inson. 



Also, the following awards on cherries : 



Box E. Richmond, 50 cents ; Missouri Valley Society, by W. 

 M. Hopkins. 



Box any variety, $1.00 ; Missouri Valley Society, by L. A. 

 Goodman. 



In making the foregoing awards we beg to say that it appeared 

 almost invidious to decide between entries so nearly equal and 



