Summer Meeting. 47 



"is 



condition. We prune about April the next year. I believe in pruning 

 rather closely. 



Mr. Gilkeson. — How long does the old stock last? 



Secy. Goodman. — One year. While one is bearing, we are raising 

 another for the next year. We prune from six tO' fifteen inches and then 

 sometimes the branch bends. We find it easier to cultivate and take 

 care of large quantities in that way. The plants grow in the summer, 

 bear the next spring and then die. Some people remove the old canes 

 as soon as they die. I believe this is wrong. We should leave these 

 until the next spring when we trim the laterals, then cut the old canes 

 away. They are a protection to the new canes. * 



Pres. Robnett. — If you leave the old canes until spring, when the 

 laterals are cut vou can get at them better. 



HISTORY AND PUBLICATIONS OF THE STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



Second Paper (T. A. Sampson, Secretary State Historical Society, 



Columbia, Mo.) 



Without repeating all of the facts stated in a former paper on the 

 History and Publications of the State Horticultural Society, which was 

 published in the 33d annual report of the Society, it might be well to re- 

 call the organization of the Society in 1859, under the name of the Mis- 

 souri Fruit Growers' Association, which name was changed at the meet- 

 ing of January, 1862, to that which it still bears. . 



The first president was Norman Colman, afterwards Lieut-Governor 

 of the State, and later a member of President Cleveland's cabinet as 

 Secretary of Agriculture, and still an active member of this and similar 

 societies. George Husmann, Professor Swallow, General Minor, General 

 Edwards and other prominent and well known men took part in the 

 organization. 



The Society has been fortunate in having men that it could retain in 

 office a long time. Among these may be mentioned Henry T. Mudd, 

 Governor Colman, S. M. Tracy, L. D. Morse, William Muir, John C. 

 Tice, D. S. Holman, N. F. Murray, J. C. Evans, A, Nelson and L. A. 

 Goodman, the present efificient Secretary, who has filled that office since 

 1882. Mr. Evans was president for nearly the same length of time. 



