::i54 Missouri State Horticiiltnral Society. 



Although the crop was a liglit one, prices ruled low ; summer 

 apples retailing at twonty-nve cents per bushel, and good winter 

 varieties, hand picked are selling for thirt3'-five and forty cents. 

 So far as I have seen the Winesap were the best apjjies in market. 

 Gi-enitons sold the most but were generaly knotty, but of good size. 



Pears were only fair, some trees failing to bear entirely. 



Chen'ies were about eighty-five per cent. 



Grrapes were good. 



No blackberries. 



Plenty of strawberries where there were beds. Wilson and 

 Monarch of the West yielding best. 



Gooseberries were plenty, a full crop. 



No raspberries to speak of. 



More fruit trees than usual have been sold through the county 

 this fall. There have been three large deliveries from three separate 

 nurseries. Farmers are paying more attention to fruit than before. 



One farmer who purchased a good sized evaporator sold all his 

 apples at seven cents per pound, wliile dried apples, the best were 

 sold at four cents, while poor, dark colored fruit sold as low as three 

 cents ; hardly paying for the work. 



REPORT OF THE GENTRY COUNTY HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



-. SECRETARY, ALBANY, 



Mr. L. A. Goodman, Secretary. 



Dear sir : In reply to your request for reports upon the 

 horticulture of the various counties of the State, I will say for 

 Gentry county, that her fruit industry has had a very gradual 

 growth ; beginning with a few small apple orchards, put out by the 

 early settlers, which have increased in size and numbers until now 

 we have orchards upon nearly every farm, some of them numbering 

 a thousand trees, and we not only meet all home demands but an- 

 imally export large quantities of apples into southern Iowa and 

 elsewhere, at good prices. This year many thousand bushels were 

 shipped out at from thirty to fifty cents per bushel. 



In common with all northwest Missouri, apples are a grand 

 success here, trees with ordinary care making vigorous growth, and 



