176 State Horticultural Society. 



PEACHES IN SOUTH MISSOURI. 



Koshkonong', Mo., October 20, 1903. 



Mr. L. A. Goodman, Kansas City, Mo. : 



Dear Sir — Replying- to your favor of the 12th in.stant will say 1 

 feel that I am not a competent enough writer to undertake to write 

 a paper on any phase of the peach business. I am very sorry for this, 

 because I feel a deep interest in the work of the Missouri State Horti- 

 cultural Society, and would be pleased to be able to contribute to its 

 usefulness. 



The commericai side of the question is all I know anything about. 

 I know nothing about diseases of peach trees or remedies for diseases ; 

 I know very little about pruning except that I have learned to do 

 very little of it. I know how to keep the soil in condition best adapted 

 to peach culture, but don't know how to tell it in a paper before 

 the society. I am sure the peach business is profitable to a man or 

 ordinary intelligence who has patience enough to wait for a crop. 1 

 am sure the peach business is very hazardous to the man who is 

 visionary and full of figures, but who lacks patience. I deserve no 

 great credit for what success I have made in the peach business. 

 I went into it blindly, but after getting what capital I had invested in 

 it, I was forced to make some money out of it or "go broke." If you 

 will pay our orchards a visit they will tell of the mistakes I have made 

 as well as the right things I have done better than I can tell it. 

 Wishing you a successful meeting, I am 



Yours truly, 



T. M. CULVER. 



BEST VARIETIES OF PEACHES. 



(G. L. Sessen, West Plains, Mo.) 



To the Members of the State Horticultural Society: 



From a commercial standpoint, I would plant nothing but El- 

 bertas in Howell county. It succeeds in all localities and in all kinds 

 of soil, rich 'or poor, better than any other variety of peach. The 

 markets all demand Elbertas, we get better prices for Elbertas and 

 the yield from this variety is enormous. From Georgia to Michigaii 

 and from Texas to Colorado peach tree planting is mostly of Elberta. 

 Jf we should plant St. John, Mountain Rose, Family Favorite 



