ANNUAL MEETING AT NEVADA. 325 



Missouri. We arc going to get some of the best apples known. The 

 Babi't is destined to be a great Western apple, and hope it will only be 

 equal to the Baldwin in the East. Here is an apple from Franklin Coun- 

 ty, Missouri; it seems to have some Stark blood in it ; it is a very firm, 

 long-keeping apple. 



Mr. Baglcy — We are quite sure that it is a seedling ; it was found 

 in the central part of Franklin Count/; I suppose the tree is about forty 

 years old; it is a good bearer and keeps equal to the Gilpin. 



Prof. Clark — I will state that those apples from the Agricultural 

 College farm at Columbia have been kept in a chamber over a kitchen 

 where it was very warm ; the fact, that they have kept at all, will show 

 them to be good keepers. 



Question — Can the ripening of the Concord grape be delayed by 

 removing the leaves from the vines .' 



Mr. Espenlaub — When you remove the leaves frorn the vine,you 

 might as well remove the fruit, as it will do no more good. 



Question. — Would not a lofty trellis prevent rot .'' 



Mr. Goodman — It is somewhat of a preventive. 



Mr. Gilbert — I have a neighbor with a few grape vines. He re- 

 moves the leaves which stops the rot. 



Mr, Holsinger — I would like to ask if there is any benefit in de- 

 laying the ripening of the Concord grape .-' 



Mr. Kinder — It would be a benefit if you could delay the ripening 

 of half the crop; but how can you do it '^ 



Mr. Espenlanb — We want earlier grapes instead of later. We get 

 twice the price of the large consignments from New York. 



Mr. Holsinger — Has any one had experience with the Jewell .'' 



Mr. Espenlaub — It has a small bunch and berry, but is very good 

 and sweet. Is any member making a success of quinces, and what is the 

 value of the Missouri Mammoth } 



Mr. Evans — The Missouri Mammoth is the quince, and the only 

 good quince we have ever grown in Missouri. It is hardy in the latitude 

 of Kansas City. 



Mr. Logan — We have trees that have not winter killed. 



Mr. Gilkeson — It has winter killed with me. 



Mr. Menifee — It winter kills with me. 



Mr. Holsinger — What do we want with ([uinces .■* I saw them 

 selling for $1.25 a barrel in Kansas City last week. They were shipped 

 from New York and would hardly pay the freight. 



Mr. Goodman— V^Q sold all the Missouri Mammoth we could erow 

 for ten cents each. 



