78 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



but now we are invited to meet in the towns of the county, sometimes 

 by three or four at once. The i)res8 has tendered us the use of a 

 column, whicli we have accepted to some extent. 



Mr. Patterson — We have no society in Adair county. We have 

 about forty acres in small fruits, nearly all for the home market. 



Mr. Bayles — We have no organization in St. Louis county. I do 

 not know that we have anything special to report. The strawberry 

 crop has been abundant, and the prospect is good for raspberries. The 

 ccherry crop is good; pears, fair. 



