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acres, and there were seventeen cars of apples sold through the efforts 

 of the Society, which brought to our town about $40,000. 

 Prospect for next year's crop is good. 

 Society in good working order, with $300 in the treasury. 



Henry Adkins, 

 Jas. H. Foster, 

 W. T. Bdrkholder, 



Committee. 



GREENE COUNTY. 



President, S. S. Hazelton ; Secretary, G. W. Hopkins; Treasurer, 

 J. Kirchgraber. 



We meet the first Saturday in each month at the homes of the 

 members and have a fine dinner and the business meeting afterward. 

 Attendance usually about 40. We have had some very fine papers on 

 different subjects. 



JASPER COUNTY. 



S. S. Riley, President ; F. A. Hubbard, Vice-President ; Z. T. Rus- 

 sell, Secretary and Treasurer. 



The Jasper County Horticultural Society has about 20 members 

 who attend meetings occasionally, four of whom have paid their dues 

 for 1895. Meetings are usually held monthly, but for 1895 only three 

 meetings have been held — all at Carthage. No papers have been read 

 except one by the President on " Orcharding." Berry-box wood was 

 again obtained through the Society. 



The fruit crop was a good one. Apples were large and unusually 

 free from worms and blemishes of all kinds, and the crop was a very 

 large one, but the value in the aggregate is unknown to me. Pears, 

 plums and cherries all produced good crops and sold at fair prices. 

 Peaches were a failure. Strawberries a medium crop and raspberries 

 a light one. Blackberriess a good crop and good prices. Prospects 

 for the future not encouraging. ' Z. T. Russell, Sec'y. 



LACLEDE COUNTY. 



The Laclede County Horticultural Society is in a prosperous con- 

 dition, though decreased somewhat in membership, yet it is made up 

 of faithful earnest workers, and on the whole the orchard interest is 



