146 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Blackberries — Kittitany, Snyder, Taylor. 

 Currants^ — White Grape, Fay's Prolific, Red Dutch. 

 Gooseberries — Downing, Houghton. 

 Mulberry — Downing. 



LIST FOR PROFIT. 



Apples — Ben Davis, Jonathan, Maiden Blush. 



Pear — Keiffer, Duchess, Flemish Beauty. 



Cherry — Early Richmond, Ostheim, English Morello. 



Strawberry — Crescent, Jersey Queen, Cumberland Triumph. 



Raspberry — Souhegan, Gregg, Schaffer. 



Blackberry — Snyder, Taylor, W. Triumph. 



PETER DAILING. 



St. Joseph, June 2nd, 1888. 

 L. A. Goodman. 



Dear Sir : — I see by the programme of our summer meeting, to 

 be held at Oregon, you have my name on the list for a paper, " How to 

 counteract the effects of the drought," without my consent or knowledge. 

 I suppose we members when called upon by you for a paper on any sub- 

 ject must obey. So I will do the best I can as it is my first trial. 



I think the best methods to counteract the effects of the drought 

 are : 



First. By cultivation ; if in an orchard with no other crop in it, 

 keep the cultivator going once every lo or 12 days, until last ot July, 

 or until rain has fallen. Too late a cultivating is apt to make a late 

 growth, and then not ripen. 



Second. If your orchard is sown in clover, cut the clover and leave 

 it all on the ground and use it as a mulch for your trees. This is an 

 easy way to get your mulching, as you raise it right where you need it. 

 And you are not robbing the soil of its strength, but helping to build 

 it up ; especially if you will turn your clover under every 2 or 3 years, 

 when it is in seed. 



For Strawberries mulching is our main dependence. Black and 

 Raspberries are greatly benefitted by mulching in dry seasons. 



