LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 



Office of the Chief, 

 Washington, D. C, November 20, 1912. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 "Apples and Peaches in the Ozark Region" and to recommend 

 that it be published as Bulletin Xo. 275 of the series of this Bureau. 

 It was prepared by Mr. H. P. Gould, Pomologist in Charge, and Mr. 

 W. F. Fletcher, Scientific Assistant. Fruit District Investigations, 

 and has been submitted by Mr. A. V. Stubenrauch, Pomologist in 

 Charge of Field Investigations, with a view to its publication. 



The subject matter of this manuscript is coordinate in its general 

 character and in the method of treatment with two bulletins pre- 

 viously issued, namely, Xos. 135 and 194. Xo. 135 relates to orchard 

 fruits in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions of Virginia and the 

 South Atlantic States. Summer apples in the Middle Atlantic States 

 are discussed in Xo. 194. In the present bulletin, as in the two pre- 

 vious ones, the viewpoint is that of the adaptability of fruit varieties 

 to the conditions in the region under discussion. This work con- 

 stitutes a part of the fruit district investigations of this Bureau. 



During the course of the investigations in the Ozark region the 

 writers have come in contact with a large number of fruit growers 

 who have aided very materially in the work. In fact, without the 

 willing and hearty cooperation of fruit growers it would be impossible 

 to carry on this line of investigation. The bulletin was read in 

 manuscript by members of the Missouri and Arkansas experiment- 

 station staffs. The criticisms and suggestions offered by them have 

 been of much value, especially in certain particulars. 



To those who have thus contributed to the end in view the writers 

 gladly acknowledge their indebtedness. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway. 



Chief of Bur avi. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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