3G4 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cameron, Mo., December 6, 1889. 



L. A. Goodman, Secretary : 



Dear Sir— Complying with your request in the announcement of 

 the Lebanon meeting, I send you herewith a few notes which you may 

 use in your report if you so desire. 



There is, I believe, no society in this county. These notes relate 



to this locality only. 



Yours respectfully, 



E. L. Pollard. 



CLINTON COUNTY. 



The fruit industry in this part of the State is as yet almost wholly 

 undeveloped. To be sure we raise our own apples, have some pears, 

 occasionally a few plums and in favorable seasons some peaches and 

 of late years a good supply of small fruit; but fruit-growing as an in- 

 dustry is a thing of the future. 



This is not owing to an unsuitable soil or the want of a market, or 

 an unfavorable climate, but to a want of practical, energetic men to 

 take hold of the business in a scientific and business-like manner. This 

 is all that is needed to make the fruit business a success in this locality. 



Nearly all of the common varieties of apples do fairly well where 

 half cared for. The Ben Davis and Willow Twig are the most profitable 

 for market. The latter pre-eminently so on timber soil. 



More attention has been paid during the past few years to the 

 small fruits. Baspberries are now being planted quite extensively. 

 Among the black cap varieties the Gregg is the most profitable. It 

 usually winter-kills some, but being a rank grower there is usually 

 enough wood left to mature a crop. The Nemaha is almost identical 

 with the Gregg, though possibly more hardy. 



The Cuthbert is our best red raspberry, the canes making a strong 

 upright growth, and the berry being of large size and bright color, 

 while the Shaffer is a complete failure, at least, as a profitable market 

 berry. 



Of strawberries we have found nothing, all things considered, that 

 will equal the Crescent. The Jessie made a very poor showing, the 

 fruit being very irregular in form, 'while some of it blasted and much 

 rotted before ripening. This may have been due to the unusually wet 

 season, but under the same conditions the Crescent did remarkably 

 well, the Bubach doing fairly well, producing very large fruit in a mod- 

 erate quantity. 



