30 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bubach stands at the head of the list for large size. While it is a little 

 off* in shape and quality and rather soft, bu.t it is the "boss berry" 

 here; Jessie comes next, but does not hold its size long enough; 

 Haverland is larger than Crescent, very tine here — prefer it to the 

 latter. Of the older, Windsor Chief, Cumberland and Captain Jack 

 will still be planted. 



Baspberries — Blackcap all promise a full crop. Beds were injured 

 some last fall or summer, as it was not cold enough last winter to kill 

 them — can't account for it. 



Blackberries — Very fine; Stone's Hardy shows some rust ; Snyder 

 never has. 



Gooseberries — Not a full crop. Mine were ruined during blossom 

 time; a bug called the " Lygus lineolaris" — I have none of them now. 



Currants — -Fairly. 



Grapes — Look fine, but expect to see the bunches thin out con- 

 siderable, owing to the frosts of May 31 and June 1 and 2; each of 

 these mornings we had slight frosts, nipping a few tender plants in low 

 places. 



Vegetables of all kinds are in fine condition, growing nicely. 



I have a little experience with peas to relate ; it may be of interest 

 to some. I planted for first early, First and Best of Trumbull, Bey- 

 nolds & Allen of Kansas City, and Alaska same time. First and Best 

 were picked clean and all gone May 26 ; Alaska still blooming and very 

 small crop. Second planting on same ground, same results as above ; 

 third planting on thinner soil, all picked and gone now. If anything,, 

 the Alaska was the finest and earliest — could scarcely see any dif- 

 ference. Now as the seed was all out of the same bags, it seems that 

 the Alaska cannot stand very rich soil, while the First and Best can. 

 This is the only difference I can account for. If I had depended on 

 Alaska for first early altogether, and planted all when the first were, I 

 should have had hardly any peas. They are now 3 to 4 feet high, while 

 in the thin soil they were not over 20 inches, same as the F & B. 



Excuse my hasty report. Wishing you all again a happy time. 



Brof. Clark : 



Bhoto is good shipper; Lida is good shipper. 



Warfield No. 2. Bo not think it a good shipper. 



Crescent, I think, is the only one we could recommend for general 

 cultivation. 



F. Holsinger — In Arkansas he found that only one row in nine or 

 sixteen rows were staminate, and yet the Crescent were still fertilized. 

 Some seasons there are enough staminate plants to fertilize themselves. 



