340 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MONTGOMERY COUNTY. 



Hugo, Mo., January 29, 1889. 



Along the "Wabash R. R., in the counties of St. Charles, Warren r 

 Montgomery, Callaway and Audrain, can be found some of the very 

 best fruit land in the State, where all kinds of fruit can be grown with 

 profit, except peaches, though the latter also do well in some seasons^ 

 The most of that land lays between the Wabash R. R. and the Missouri 

 river, and will soon have the benefit of another railroad, the Cleveland, 

 St. Louis and Kansas City, which is now in course of construction. 

 Good fruit land in these counties can yet be bought very reasonable 

 and within a short distance of a railroad. In St. Charles county there 

 is very little unimproved land to be had any more. Plenty of improved 

 farms however, which could easily be turned into good fruit farms, can 

 be bought from about $15 to $25 per acre, according to improvements^ 

 In the other counties named, however, unimproved land, which is the 

 very best for fruit can be bought at from $2.00 to $8.00 per acre. I do 

 not know of any improved fruit farms to sell, as parties that are in 

 possession of such, do not desire to sell. The fruit that is grown in 

 the localities named is of very fine size, color and quality, which has been 

 amply proven by late fruit displays. 



Respectfully, 



F. Lionberger. 



MILLER COUNTY. 



Eldon, November 24, 1889. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, Secretary State Horticultural Society : 



Fruit has yielded rather above the average this year. The dry 

 weather injured the quality and size of the peaches to some extent, yet 

 there was a full supply. Apples were good. Grapes and all kinds of 

 small fruits yielded well. There is not as yet a large supply either of 

 small fruits, or quince, pears, apricots or cherries. 



We have a large acreage of land that could be devoted to the cul- 

 tivation of fruit with profit, and more attention is being paid to these 

 crops than before. 



There was less complaint of pests injuring both the fruits and the 

 garden than usual. N. J. Shepherd. 



