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scarce, and sells higher than wine, and good vinegar retails at 40 



cents per gallon. 



Wishing you a profitable and pleasant meeting, and all the 



success you may desire, I remain 



Yours fraternally, 



GEORGE HUSMANN. 



After a kind invitation by Maj. Roundtree, for the members of 

 the State Society to attend a strawberry and ice cream festival, and 

 a response by the President to the invitation, thanking them for 

 their kindness and their many favors, the society adjourned. 



By motion of W. G, Gano, the subject of the blossom blight 

 on the apple tree was taken up. Thinks the cause of all the fruit 

 dropping due to heavy rains at blooming time. 



Goodmanthinksthat the beginning of this was the dry weather 

 of last fall and then followed the cold of last winter, and then the 

 cold rains of last spring, and that all combined has caused the 

 trouble. The winesaps are troubled worst, in fact very badly. 



Ragan sustains Goodman in his position and believes the trouble 

 runs back to last summer. 



The following resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this society are due to the Kansas 

 City, Springfield & Memphis, Missouri Pacific, Wabash, and Saint 

 Louis & San Francisco Railroads for reduced rates over their lines to 

 members and friends attending the summer meeting at Springfield, 

 on the 10th and 11th of June, 1884. 



Resolved, Further that we return many thanks to the press, for 

 favorable notice in the several papers. 



Resolved, That the thanks of this society are due to the citi- 

 zens of the city of Springfield, for their generous hospitality 

 extended to the members, and also to the ladies and florists for the 

 finely decorated hall and display of plants and beautiful flowers. 

 Also, to the members of the Greene County Horticultural Society, 

 for their unceasing efforts to make the meeting a pleasant one. 



The pleasant entertainment of the evening, the social time 

 spent together, the many pleasant words spoken, the hearty co-op- 

 eration of the friends, causes us to remember this as the best 

 meeting held for years. L. A. GOODMAN, 



Secretary. 



