300 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Gcigcr — Ves, except on wet low lands. They can <^row it on 

 the Missouri river hills. It is not hardy enough to stand extreme cold 

 without protection. It stands ten degrees below zero. 



Mr. Faith — What are the best varieties to grow for family wine .'' 



Mr. Gci^er — The Concord will make a good family wine. 



Mr. Bell — I will ask Mr. Geiger what is the Ben Davi^ among 

 grapes. 



Mr. Geiger recommended the Catawba and Norton's Virginia. 



Dr. Ensign — I recommend the Concord, Catawba and Moore's Early. 

 I have had a good paying crop for seven years. Moore's is the most 

 profitable with me. It is early, has a large bunch and berry, black, of fine 

 appearance and fair quality. I plow deep, fertilize well and plant ten 

 feet wide. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



What shall be my report .'' Where shall I begin .'' What shall I 

 say .'' Again and again, dear friends, have we greeted one another in 

 our work. Again and again have we compared our experiences, our 

 successes and failures. Again and again have we met, striving to make 

 each one of our meetings better and better and now we meet with so 

 much unity of feeling, with such a common interest, with such an in- 

 creased membership apd with such an unbounded enthusiasm that it is 

 no wonder that we have good meetings. It is no wonder that our meet- 

 ings are enthusiastic. Do you wonder then why it is that every mem- 

 ber of our society looks forward to these a'nnual gatherings of our society 

 with so much pleasure and profit } 



The fact is simply that we are stepping upon a higher plane of hor- 

 ticulture year by year; we are learning new facts day by day; we are 

 grasping some of the wonderful opportunities which are opening to our 

 view; we are realizing the wonderful possibilities of our loved profes- 

 sion; we are beginning to see the magnitude of this fruit business; we 

 see before us a field as broad as our land — avenues opening in all di- 

 rections for the young men and women, and positions ready and waiting 

 with no one to fill them. . 



