AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL. 
Dccemt>cr. Kjoo. 
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fourteen kinds comprise the selection or 
fall sod winter tipples of .ill the rejiorts We 
could obtain, the choice rank in* in about 
The order nirnOiwed . Ren Parts, Wine 
Sap. <3 rl tuns' Golden, tin no, York Imperial, 
inpram, Mlnkler Rome Beauty. Ml-*nurl 
Pippin. Mahler. Rluah Jonathan. T> rn.be**, 
Wealthy mid William*' Favorite. 
The most of thr display of frntr* and the 
greater jiari or the diannwlons were siren 
to the apple. 
rut KimLn ncn. 
This serious trouble which swept away 
the greater part of the apple crop ol »mith- 
ern Illinois. Missouri and Arkansas In » 
few week*' time Just aa the fmlt was near 
ly ready for ricking tit*' pa*! fall, mlled 
forth much e«nio-t Imiolry Tor a remedy. 
Some partially soo . -sful experiment* bad 
been tried by spraylnjr with the Bordeaux 
mixture, and It Is confidently believed by 
many that a pr/flUvp cure U In sight. 
Mi.ss.rriu a nurr statx. 
ft would be HnponIbU* Id the brief space 
allotted us to give even a passing notice of 
Hie many excvllent pajiers read, further 
than to state that It -eemed to be the uni- 
versal opinloo that If good fruit waj to be 
grown in Missouri, there must b«- a careful 
selection of varieties, thorough cultivation, 
proper, regular and systematic sprnjltig, 
with the appll.Tafb.n of lbc uio*t thorough 
study of the subject Hip **mr us must he 
donp wherever good fmli la produced In 
any other state. 
The fruit displayed told plainer than 
w ords that Mis-. '.art w as w»# of the leading 
fmlt growing state* of the FoIod, and truly 
the land of "big red apple* *' 
Mr. Biitterflcl r exhibit of two-year old 
npple trees wa* rery attractive tn crery 
lover of good tree*. 
Brery one *ocm«>d to be In a good humor, 
while the people of Karnilngti’fi did much 
to add to the enjuyroent of their riritnr*. 
nnmnM. 
Karmington Is loewted to gt, Francl* 
county, the greatest lead producing rmmty 
Of the state Se'rllty per fvot or ail the 
lead produced In Missouri Is taken from 
* I ' • * mine* operated n n, ;. n .nt.ln while 
It is »l*o claimed that (hew- mine* produce 
I r. ..f the entire 1/uid prodm t of ll,e wnrlrt 
Million* of dollars are Invested uere In the 
most Iroprored mining machinery while 
towp* have sprung a* If l,y magic with 
thousands of InlinliltiiDts, all of whom like 
to eat fruit* and vegetables, yet produce 
nous, thus making sn excellent home mar- 
ket fur the grower. 
\o one can visit the MUourl State Hortl 
cultural meeting w ithout is-mg convlm «1 
that the Missouri fmlt growers ate a nn. 
gre**(ve. Intelligent du», fully *bt-.,*t of 
t he time*, justly proud of their state and 
that they can ptodnee „r choice fruit liuth 
In duality and apjwarstwe. as nan t*> 
grown in the Dm tod jtinte* 
THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE EXHIBIT 
AT THE FALL MEETINGS. 
I11 spite of cwll In (Doth anop. sell, 
ningue. bmer rot and wan o fall went her 
the fruit and v.-g. iaWw exhibited ut the 
ariou* farm and horticultural 1 met lug. 
^ £L. h3T ‘' au, ' t “ 1 ^ *■»« been rery 
e«*d Indeed. ' 
. t P* ^ 0r, „*- x 1 hiW ‘ charBcterlaed 
u-w ,. "[ ^ apple*. Ren 
i-u»l* wine Hap, i.,r t Uuportol, G>no. 
f. \ ,lsnui ‘b- iworewlon, al- 
though some beautiful .peclraoM of yel- 
low apple- wore exhibited in such kind* 
us Ifiiui.-man, Grimes Golden and Nlxonlte. 
Illinois had a much greater variety, yet 
nut a iiiori. iiitm. t)' e display The depart- 
ment of horticulture of the university tmd 
a rhwles* lot of rcallMs* "it exhibition, »■ 
did some ot rlti- experiment -talimi- 
TTie exhibit? at Kimnitndy. Finn and 
Jefferson ville wetr nil good that only 
*l«i'v and time furbW mention of their 
Miiniy ex. .'lie 11 1 ijnalilie*. 
1 u nil flu? state 'jieotjngj. we visited 
ninny premiums were given which proved 
to l«. n iw»*l InivnttTi' to make the iMwt 
di-play p.*-s|h|r. 
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
Or THF: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
TUI“ - .1 defy convened In It* nuiitr.il ■«- 
siC'D at Klmnundy on Tiiewluy, November 
27. A enoil programme xti« prv.cfdod and 
tunny |ntrTv*tlng paper* were read which 
talb-1 forth ranch valuable dbrn—lon. 
sterillli of Apple Orchard* W3* the title 
of a vm Interesting and vatua Ule paper, 
by J Webster of « enfralla. IIL This very 
Important subject was dl*cti«*ed to the 
limit uf time hy many erperle v-l 
fruit growers. It touched ur*.n the •ame 
subject as the article on Pullliitithm. gtrcn 
suiiie mouth- ago In the Afiicrl.itii Emit 
•Hid Vegetable Junninl by Pfhf. Fletcher of 
Cornel! I'l.lv.-relfy. N.w York. 
IV tislr- in llnriienif urul Work. wa» rhe* 
■ubjeot of n paper by Mr .1 T. Gnlfrutth of 
Cnr laiDilalp. the genial Drlltor Of the Filmi- 
er- In.tittltc. Mr (Tnlhrnltb ahnw-ed . oi.clu- 
• iuOr thr lni|sirtunr> of a good and i..n- 
venient market uf n mnuery. ersiw.rator. 
e.dd Mt..r Ige mid of u || utlier prOeUCDl 
tneun* Uf living file fruit after It Imd f»M-n 
produced. IV. ev.-n nil., will, has lll.- l vcl 
Hu Iuii.iIti-, 1- of b uaii els of fruit going In 
WtlHle in the fruit regtoll* .-a.-l, Veur nf 
giKid crop* lb, value of this paper 1 h evi- 
dent. 
Prof T. J H'irrill »f r|„. Agrl. ulfiir.il 
f .dl.gc of I hr State University, am] p rn r. 
1 II Junes editor uf | In? Aiticrlenn Fruit 
•uni Vegitiililc buirnal. eaeli envr .ml,,, 
single and om >, uni gtng talk* on Hu* arile 
J ..i of troll crowing Ip -u/utl , pi 1, l|ii u „|. 
111. exercise, were Interspcr*. d with 
=-••1 music which ndtlin) n plenaanl t.-ntur.. 
tn the pr.igrulll 
On Urduer-dnv. Pri/f. J r. Rlalr. of file 
I nlrrrellr nf Jllltuil*. gave one of thr must 
timely subject* foil Cons) demt Ion • idtier 
H/d and Kindred IH.im**-* of the Orchnrd ." 
It wonbl Its'* paid every apple grun-er In 
•souH.em Illinois to hum lUfcmd ru this 
■nerd Insrru Uv.. piiper nml (U«(ti*?lmi 11 ud 
to hnvc lean, Id t(,»t within Id- . 
n rem«ly r n r >hu torim,* trouhlr 
thst Hw-epi away ihon»„nd* of d.u'nr. 
worth of fruit (he |m«t season It would 
hSVi- luaui nf untold value 1 1, evefr 
apple KTOWIT Of snitttteni Illinois to 
Imve Btveti the limp ami pul. I Hm xrusll »•*. 
l ",». .,f ntiendlng tld* miwtlnjc for tilts 
01... subjeu t alone Thr following excellent 
? 1 tii* o'\ " n ,hf program, were 
w ll l1m.1U.vt nml proved of n.nrh Intereet 
•TwcMi om- vrnrs with n Twonen- Ap- 
pl- Orchard." I,. F. Ttlntlemtu, tMllcrtllP 
■r V V f M» rn-e.v win, Ro,i IMtspborrln* - 
1 I. i.iMidrleh f’.ibdpu 
1 hr Peach." W s Rom, Alum 
" w,,b Is*i'umlnoue Crop- s*., 
-or, of 1900; A A Hlnektcy. UuR.Ma 
B»pcrbnriM without nmi with thr 
Hpr/iy Pump," j -p. Klmery, Nooga. 
•Spraying with Whale Oil Soap In the 
Winter" J. W. Stanton, Klehvlcw. 
•On'har/liDg." .1. W. Thompson. Carbon- 
dub. 
While thi' lorjl atti nibii . e WU- lmmuI, vet 
it wits pofl.-ertblc tlUlt 'll" great tipple 
growing ill-lri. I.- or Kt.Tiland. Wajne, 
t Tny. Jeff i r-itt nml many other counties, 
n- well a- much of tn. -mull rtuil ami 
1 eg.-t.ilde growing regions nf I lie u.ilttberu 
.vnintl. of the -talc tmil unit ./ feu. and 
In many c.V'rs no repn ^cn I a tires >t nil If 
it,, r.ictiiv would ileii-rntlite in gn to some 
new place of ineelllig each lime, e ndeovor 
I.. .*T*- 1 .1 new -• t of officers each year of 
t. |.r.-.'Titative fruit gronera In the viiri- 
l*p» frillt growing M-elloiift of suuflieni 
Hlltion dotihth— much greater Interest 
mil go/wl ndelit hr rtccmuiilMu'd The 
teeetiDg nr Klnmundv win stjtvly of event 
ptncflml vain/' t.. tiu.se who availed timm- 
-elre* nf If. 
Vnity uffleer- wlin have inv..-tlgat,.d Hi,, 
blands uf Rumblioti and Patiltmil. fgict of 
our PblHpplue. group, foavt I that 
they posse-s the rlrhivr Intuls In the world 
tor tin. prodmrflon of nihlwr trees The 
Woe ItepnrtincDt b»« reflBeerted the He 
i iirtinent of Agrlculturv to prepare an or- 
der «eftlo|t nfclde the-c us a government 
f'lriwt reaervatlnn. 
AGAINST CULTIVATION 
Ml Strlticfellow. or Te.dlB, is at lensl 
i.ruyukluc dl*' usslnn lu advocating lirs’, 
hi* method or planting an orch/trij by / nt- 
tme off u II the riots, milking hales with 
a crow Ivor, then furring the rootle,-, tree 
-luhs Into Mnwe hard hide*. Se.-opd i„ 
Ida recent letter tit the Ifort ictilf urn I YWI- 
tur, by going u lilc step further, that nf 
mlvofTitlng no cultivation obout vvh cli he 
Hitts writer 
In a foot nub- in \\ \ fotrilenc,'- kind 
reference tn rm •■(Torts In behalf or cheap- 
er ftrpil and heiilthli-r urrltanlH, Vnit -ay 
"the String fellow nudhod muy he nil right 
'" ,U J. T ^'11 of South lev,,, ),„( „„ 
would like to hear fmni those who have 
'tied It in Dllrinl* nml Mlatourl." N'n* f 
r- ",nv,-l from Sunil. Texas a Tear ngo 
nid planted an orelmrd here un ground 
ui.xinipii raid, inferior to ynun am! en- 
lo»e herewith plmiugriipl, ..f rl ., vr nl 
trre. dug It, at AnglMt to -bow tile pcjie- 
• ration of *bMr nwii.M 
xii , ^, r /»^ , :ve ‘ , * l " m ' Jr ' , ' u ,,r >»■•««•«* from 
• li over the ■ uihtrv en.lorslnc close rum 
prunlnir, after t*ure..*arul irlnl mid tlic 
liuMI.K-?*'. ,? t,rlr >tneld. Mr. I, U- I.rtnn 
I ldl-h.;d fill, Urn teallmonlBl* l< ... non 
rV9rX , , T‘ ICh •' r ' b! ’" 1 
' ■” -yu- '•n)tliu»,,i i„*. Iinil 
“ 7. T I' 1 "'" ,ru,t r '' f *•-' '■ 
fnarbr-* from n trife not plowed 
[, ('Ijim/'H f ' ,r rtr “ •’ ,r * *" G..| frtn 
minlmth, mi i,t Cbleogu with •*. 
wmm'*! " f ,*T fnr ,rl '’ 1 '"'I «" *"•! 
know tH. h ' A* Vo, 1 
‘hi* hna b.-.,n * had year on Our 
RAVIN 
kBrowmu Spr avers 
Tti'f Mrs'iaaca.'sluw. 0 . 
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