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The improved canning and preserving macliiner_y, of the present 

 day, has opened a vast market for this otherwise perishable fruit. 



Thousands of acres in our state, are adapted to peach culture, 

 especially' the hills along the river valley — the Ozark plateau and 

 all the southern parts with a few exceptions. When we consider 

 what the demands for this fruit are at present, with our large 

 growing population, what will they be in the near future? In 

 peach culture then an immense field of useful labor is opened to 

 the horticulturist. 



Since coming here, 1 have inquired of the members whether 

 they knew of the existence of the yellows in parts of the state 

 where they came from ; and the answer has been in all cases, that 

 they did not know of any case of the disease. 



J. A. DTJEKES. 



Tl^e chair wished to take up the subject of curculio. 



Hull, Earle, Riley and others claim that the curculio attacks 

 both the plum and the peach. 



Parker Earle used to continue the jarring process until the 

 fruit is ripe. The best way to fight them is by jarring the trees 

 and catching the curculio in a large sheet. Men eminent in this 

 work have all stated that the curculio injure both the plum and 

 peach. Now let us, during the coming year, find out some of 

 these questions. The beetle travels from farm to farm. 



Holsinger. The gouger is a new insect, and we find that it is 

 the insect that injures the peach, and not the curculio. The cur- 

 culio never touches the peach. Thinks that much if not all of 

 the damage done to the peach and apple, which is usually attributed 

 to the curculio, is done by the gouger. Quite a discussion fol- 

 lowed this statement as being opposed to the books and professors, 

 but it was held by Maj. Holsinger to be true. 



Adjourned to 7:30. 



