224 Mi>isnuri State Horticultural Soridy. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



RECEIPTS : 



Balance on hand, Dec. 1888 $ 598 00 



Received from Slate 1,250 00 



Total : $1,848 00 



EXPENDITURES : 



Warrant, No. 26. Mississippi Valley meeting | 41 90 



"27. Expense on report, 1883 103 95 



" " 28. Postage on reports and letters 114 76 



" " 39. Premiums for June meeting. Printing letter 



heads and envelopes 126 05 



" " 30. Express, papers, fruit collection 158 55 



• " " 31. Secretary's salary 500 00 



" •' 8. Printing state report 642 80 



" " 6. Paid expense and Hale Bros 85 00 



Total $1,773 00 



Leaving balance in treasury $ 75 00 



J. C. EVANS, Treas. 

 Approved by finance committee. 



F. HOLSINGER, 



D. S. HOLMAN, 



W. G. GANG. 



REPOET OF FEUIT COMMITTEE. 



To the President and Members of the State Horticultural Society 



of -Missouri : 



Your committee on fruits on exhibition, having performed 

 their duty to the best of their ability, beg leave to submit the fol- 

 lowing report : 



We find upon the table a very creditable exhibit of apples, 

 composed of most of our old and standard varieties, as well as some 

 of the newer and untried, or only partially tried. The entries for 

 premiums consist of fift}^ varieties and one hundred and twelve plates. 

 We also find on exhibition a large number of varieties and j)]ates 

 of very fine specimens not entered that are well worthy of special 

 mention. We find upon exhibition three seedlings well worthy of 

 being more extensively tried. The following premiums were 

 awarded : 



