170 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Poplar Bluff, Mo., May 17, 1888. 

 Hfr. L. A. Goodman: 



Dear Sir : — Your blank for fruit report I fill out as far a I can 

 well. 



All kinds of fruits except raspberries and strawberries areas prom- 

 ising as I ever saw. 



Sorry the state meeting is so far away. It seems that southeast 

 Missouri might have a meeting of the State Society. I think Poplar 

 Bluff, Butler County, a very suitable place, and I am sure our people 

 would appreciate it. 



P'ruit-growing is in its infancy here, but I see no reason why it 

 should not be made a grand success. 



Respectfully, 



GEO. W. REGISTER. 



Brookfield, Mo., June 22, 1888. 

 L. yi . Goodman, Secretary State Horticultural Society: 



Dear Sir : — Your answer in regard to our invitation for the win- 

 ter meeting of the State Horticultural Society to meet in Brookfield, 

 was received, and we regret we were too late for that meeting. We 

 now take pleasure in renewing the invitation for next summer, and hope 

 you will kindy assist in us in securing the meeting at that time, and 

 feel assured it will stimulate fruit growers of this county to greater in- 

 terest in fruit culture, as well as advancing the cause of horticulture 

 throughout the state. 



We have a large hall which will accommodate five hundred, and 

 ample preparations will be made to accommodate all that may come. 

 Hoping to hear that the society will favor us with their summer meet- 

 ing, I am, Respectfully yours, 



A. P. CROSBY, 

 Cha'm. Linn Co. Fruit Growers' Ass'n. 



