230 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



JUDGE SAMUEL MILLER. 



L. A. Goodman, Secretary Missouri Horticultural Society : 



As usual, it will be nearly impossible for me to be with you at tbe 

 next meeting at Lebanon. The next best thing I can do is to send in 

 my report. If the others of the committee send theirs to me in time, 

 they will be forwarded to you. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



The crop with us was a most encouraging one, and although so sit- 

 uated that sending our berries to market, they were a profitable crop. 

 Crescent, Capt. Jack, Hart's Minnesota, Windsor Chief and Sucker 

 State all did well. Of the newer ones, Belmont, Jessie, Bubach No. 5 

 and Gandy promise well. Mammoth did poorly. Bubach No. 5 and 

 Gandy impressed me so favorably that my main plant next spring will 

 be of these two. Of the still later ones I have Perfection, Warfield, 

 Comet, bore no fruit. Eureka, Mrs. Garfield, Jane, Townsend's No. 

 3 and No. 7, set out last spring, bore some superb berries, and certainly 

 promise to win a place on the list. Quite a number of other new ones 

 have been added to my list this fall, some of which were planted yes- 

 terday, November 15, from which I expect some fine fruit next year. 

 Of course these must be covered soon to protect against frost. Oat 

 of the large number of promising new ones just brought out, it will 

 be strange if we do not get some perfect ones. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The earliest black caps were Centennial and Souhegan, the former 

 by odds the best; Hopkins, Mammoth Cluster and Gregg for late ones. 

 All did well. 



For red, Turner for early, Schaffer and Thwack for later. Cuth- 

 bert and Marlboro are nearly failures with me. All did well but the 

 latter two. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



Snyder, earliest and one of the best. Western Triumph, Taylor, 

 Stone's Hardy are all good ones. Erie and Minewaska showed off 

 well. Lucretia Dewberry pleases me well, and will be a success here. 



