112 MISSC^URI SI' Alio llORl'lCUI/rURAl. SOCIETY. 



THURSDAY FORENOON, JUNE 7, 9 A. M. 



The niorninL^ exercises were opened with prayer by Rev. Tandy. 



The Linn County local society extended an invitation to the state 

 society to hold their next summer meeting at Brookfield. The society 

 of Poplar Bluff asked that the meeting be held there, and Mr. Murt- 

 feldt, for the people of Kirkwood, asked the society to meet there. The 

 invitations were referred to the executive committee. 



Ml'. Miirtfcldt spoke of specimens of Mi.ssouri fruits (in plaster) 

 on exhibition at the museum in Washington, and stated that Mr. VanDe- 

 man, Pomologist at Washington, was anxious that the society take steps 

 to secure a revision of these specimens. He also asked that fruit grow- 

 ers having new, well-developed specimens, write Mr. VaiiDeman, and 

 he would see to proper transportation, etc. 



The following was the report of the committee on 



ENTRIES AND AWARDS: 



Your committee on fruits found on the tables a large exhibit ot 

 strawberries, both of the standard, and of many of the new varieties. 

 The size and appearance of the berries, and the number of varieties 

 speak highly ot the standing of Missouri as a strawberry growing state 

 and of the enterprise of our horticulturists. 



We make the following awards : 



Best collections, ten varieties : ist. J. N. Menifee, $10. 



Best three varieties for market : ist. J. N. Menifee, Oregon, $5 

 for Miner, Sucker State and Crescent. 2d. Dr. A. Goslin, Oregon, $3 

 for Miner, Crescent aed Sharpless. 



Best box largest berries : ist. W. M. Hopkins, Springfield, $2, 

 Belmont. 2d J. N. Menifee, Oregon, $1, Bubach. 



Best box market berries : 1st. J. C. Evans, $2, Capt. Jack. 2d. 

 J. W. Maples, $1, Miner. 



Best table berries : ist. J. C. Evans, $2, Cumberland. 



Best box Crescent : ist. J. W. Maples, $1. 2d. J. C. Evans, 50 

 cents. 



Best Cumberland : 1st. J. C. Evans, $1. 



Best Chas. Downing : ist. Mrs. J. W. Maples, $1. 



Best Windsor Chief : ist. J. W. Maples, $1. 2d. J. C. Evans, 50 

 cents. 



