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Goethe was one of his best varieties ; with covering it, the vines 

 were carried through winter and as they came on after the Concord they 

 brought a good price. They were very productive and of excellent 

 quality. 



REPORT ON STONE FRUITS. 



BY G. W. HOPKINS, OF SPRINGFIELD. 



Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Missouri State Horticultural 

 Society : 



As one of the committee on " Stone Fruits," I desire to make a 

 brief report for Southern Missouri : 



In my report to your meeting last winter I stated that the peach 

 trees had gone into winter quarters in the best possible condition. Such 

 was the case, — but notwithstanding this fact, many peach buds were 

 killed in this section, when the coldest weather we had the thermometer 

 only reached ten degrees below zero. At Olden and other points south 

 of here the peach buds were about as badly injured when the thermom- 

 eter only reached five degrees below zero. 



It has generally been conceded that ordinarily the peach wiU 

 stand fourteen degrees of cold. But here we have the fact presented 

 for our consideratfon, of the wood being in the best possible condition 

 to withstand severe cold weather, and yet the buds were injured at a 

 much higher temperature than stated above. 



Just why this is I am unable to say ; but hope some of you gentle- 

 men have given the question a thought and will be able to throw some 

 light on this pnenomanal freak of nature. Some time since I sent out 

 cards to the leading horticulturists of Southwest Missouri to ascertain 



