48 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



TUESDAY, 7 p. 3I. 



Society met and was called to order by the president. 



The "Sweet Singers of Israel" who live in Louisiana, gave the- 

 society a number of very fine selections of music, which relieved the 

 monotony of the session and proved highly gratifying to the delegates.. 



THE EEPOET OF THE COMMITTEE ON SMALL FRUITS 



was given verbally by many of the members and visitors present, and 

 partook more the form of a discussion. 



L. A. Ooodman, Secretary Missouri State Horticultural Societij : 



I am crippled up so that I could not get around to learn more 

 about the apple crop, therefore the blank you sent me is not well 

 filled. And my report on small fruits will be a condensed one. 



Strawberries are about over, and all done well for the chance»s they 

 had. Cornelia and Crawfords Ko. 6 are very promising new ones. 

 Crescent, Cumberland, Captain Jack and Glendale bear the heaviest 

 crops. 



Easpherries — Black Caps all promise well except Gregg, which was 

 considerably killed by the winter. Bluffton, a new seedling, black 

 cap raised here bids fair to match the best. Hopkins looks well. 

 Eeds are all doing well, pretty fair except Marlboro, which was mostly 

 killed to the ground, enough canes however left to give us some fruit. 

 Shaffer also winter-killed a little in places, but enough left to make 

 a big crop. 



Cherries — A failure. Snyder, Taylor and Western Triumph a full 

 crop. Lawton and Kittatinny winter-killed as usual. 



Currants — A splendid crop. 



Gooseberries — Ditto. The Orange and Oregon, both promise to be 

 great additions to this fruit. 



