ANNUAL MEETING AT NEVADA. {]3\i 



Your committee on apples respectfully submits the following report: 



W. H. Hollaway, ot Butler, Bates County, has on exhibition, a jar 

 of p'ums, a seedling of the Wild Goose, ripening from two to three 

 weeks later than its parent, which he has named the Butler. In size it 

 is a little smaller than Wild Goose ; in quality, all who have tasted it, 

 pronounce it first-class. Those who saw the original tree, this summer, 

 report it as distinct from any other in bark and foliage, and that it bears 

 an immense crop of fruit, ripening through a long season, and adhering 

 to the tree after fully ripe. Color, red, and almost a freestone. 



J. H. Monsees & Son, Beaman, Pettis County, Mo., exhibit two 

 plates of a new apple,, which they name, the Hopewell. They also show a 

 yearling tree of this variety. The apple is showy and promises to be a 

 good shipper and a long keeper. The tree resembles, at one .year old, 

 the Clayton. The leaf is large, and the growth, vigorous. The speci- 

 mens shown were picked in September, too early to judge now of its 

 quality. 



Joseph Kirchgraber, Springfield, Mo. —Plate of Henderson's Early 

 Puritan potatoes. He speaks in high praise of their yield and quality. 

 The specimens exhibited are large and fine. 



Perry Swainson, Nevada, Mo., has an exhibit of tuberose bulbs, rad- 

 ishes, celery and parsnips. This exhibit is meritorius. 



H. B. Francis, Mulberry, Bates County, Mo. — A sample of evapor- 

 ated fruit, very nice in every way. 



J. N. Menifee exhibits specimen potatoes of an average length of 

 over six inches. ' 



CEDAR COUNTY 



Exhibit, by E, Liston. — A large and showy di^^play of apples, num- 

 bering 60 plates. Among these, a plate of new apples, named Thorp. 

 It is a seedling of and resembles the Winesap, and it is claimed that it 

 hangs to the tree better. 



Mr. Liston is entitled to the thanks of the Society for this fine dis- 

 play. 



VERNON COUNTY. 



Makes an exhibit of twenty-six varieties of well-grown, smooth and 

 fine colored apples. 



