24 State Horticultural Society. 



In our State report for 1884 there is a quotation from the Com- 

 mittee on Fruits exhibited at the fifth annual meeting of the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley Horticultural Society, in January, 1884, which reads 

 as follows: 



"Of the new and promising varieties in the Missouri list are, 

 the Gano, by W. G. Gano of Parkville, etc." 



From our printed reports we also find that specimens of the 

 Gano were sent to Chas. Downing, both in the fall of 1883 and the 

 early part of 1884, who was delighted with the "beautiful specimens," 

 "so large and handsome," and acknowledged them as a new variety 

 and authorized us to name it the Gano, which name had already been 

 given it by the Missouri Valley Horticultural Society. 



In 1884, also, Mr. Gano offered to turn over to the Society all the 

 scions that could be obtained from the original tree, for the purpose 

 of propagation and distribution throu-gh the Secretary of the State 

 Horticultural Society. These scions were delivered to Mr. M. But- 

 terfield and to Blair and Kaufman for propagation. 



The apple was also exhibited at the State meetings as shown by 

 the reports of the Society for 1885 and 1886. In 1887, Mr. Butterfield 

 and Blair and Kaufman presented to the Society these trees which 

 were distributed to the different State Societies; also to prominent 

 local Societies of Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. 



In the report of 1886 an apple called the Payton was exhibited 

 which was decided to be the Gano, and, in the same year, a question 

 was asked about an apple called the Black Ben Davis, and the answer 

 was given that it was the same as the Gano. In the report of 1899, 

 Prof. J. T. Stinson of the Arkansas Experiment Station exhibited 

 apples called the Black Ben Davis, Etris and Ark. Belle, and the 

 committee, in making their report on these, decided "they are so 

 much like Gano, that the committee are not able to distinguish be- 

 tween them and the latter well known sort." 



FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The Executive Committee believe it due the members of the 

 Society that the following statement made by the secretary and pub- 

 lished in August should be embodied in this volume: 



I. Each and every step of our Society work has been taken with 

 the full knowledge and united action of the Executive Committee. 



