WINTER. MEETING. 167 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



I raise the Haughton and have gooseberries every year. They are 

 not the largest, but they are good, and never fail to bear, and that's the 

 main thing in fruit-growing. 



Now, Mr. Chairman, this completes my list for the family orchard, 

 and I do not consider any family orchard complete unless it contains 

 every variety of fruit that is palatable and useful. And I have tested 

 almost every variety named in this paper, and you will find those I 

 have recommended to be valuable, while those I have condemned are 

 unprofitable. 



One suggestion more and I will close : There are so many things 

 that have a tendency to retard or advance the growth of fruit trees 

 and plants and change their qualities that it is simply impossible to 

 make a list that will produce alike, even in a small locality. Location, 

 soil, preparation and cultivation all have their influence on the fruits, 

 and more on the small fruits than on the tree fruits. 



Still, I say plant a "family orchard," if nothing more. Dress and 

 keep it well, for it will make you a more intelligent and refined gentle- 

 man, and your family and friends will bless you for furnishing them 

 with a bountiful supply of the most palatable and nourishing food in 

 existence, and the many delightful surprises and rich treats you can 

 bestow upon them. Keep yourselves well informed by reading some 

 good horticultural paper, and attending all horticultural meetings you 

 can reach. 



J. H. Karnes, Oakdale Fruit Farm, St. Joseph, Mo. 



Wednesday, Dec. 4 — 2 p. m. 



Pear, peach, plum, cherry and quince. 



The first paper of the afternoon session introduced the subject of 

 spraying. The Secretary read the following in the absence of the 

 author: 



AVben, How and With What to Spray. 



The subject of spraying is attracting the attention of fruit-growers 

 more and more every year, and every year we hear of what seems to 

 be successes and failures where seemingly the same course was pur- 

 sued and the same conditions present. 



One says he sprayed thoroughly and the fruit was not so perfect 

 as in former years when he did not spray, and he is ready to denounce 

 spraying as a humbug and a scheme to sell spraying machines and 



