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the surface loose and friable. But many select well, and plant well, and 

 yet are unsuccessful. It is very essential that the plow or cultivator 

 be kept going, especially if the season be a dry one. With thorough 

 cultivation trees will make a fair growth, even during the dryest sea- 

 son, whereas without the cultivation they would either die or make a 

 sickly growth. 



If this society can influence farmers to use plain, practical common 

 sense in selecting, planting and caring for fruit trees it will have accom- 

 plished a noble act, and one for which the nurserymen and horticultur- 

 ists all over the land will rise up and call you blessed. 



J. W. Turner — Good cultivation must be impressed upon the peo- 

 ple over and over again — cultivate, cultivate. 



Eesolution presented by Mr. K. F. Murray : 



Whereas, The expositions and fair associations of our State have manifested 

 a more liberal spirit in the offering of premiums for the exhibition of horticultural 

 products at their annual meetings : therefore 



Resolved, That this society recommend to all fair associations that in making 

 up their premium lists, that they distinguish between fresh fruits and vegetables 

 of the current year and those that have been canned or preserved in any kind of 

 liquid and shown in jars. 



Passed. 



PLUMS IN THE APPLE ORG HARD. 



JACOB FAITH, MONTEVALLO, MO. 



L. A. Goodman, Secretary: 



I am sorry that I can't be with you — pressure of work : my peach 

 trees require my time. I have five hands to help me cultivate. Prune 

 thin, cut the overload, and tie some of the tips with hickory bark. 

 Thirty-five varieties of peach trees vary from 1 to 25 per cent of fruit. 

 Time wont permit to give description. 



I know it is believed by some that plum trees are injurious to an 

 apple orchard, and they are looked upon as insect and curculio 

 breeders. A few years ago I was of that opinion. The past season 

 my apples were sound in that part where plums grew, and this season, 

 when the trees were in bloom, promised 15 per cent , but I believe 

 cold wind, frost and insects reduced it to 4 per cent, except where 

 plum trees were planted for wind-breaks and fruit. 



