. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1411. Ben Davis (Xli). One of the "liig rod apples" of tlie Ozarks. fact, one great reason why Missouri has not earlier taken front rank as a fruit state is because natural con- ditions for general agriculture are too favorable. It re- quires too great an effort to exclude tlie encroaching blue grass
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1411. Ben Davis (Xli). One of the "liig rod apples" of tlie Ozarks. fact, one great reason why Missouri has not earlier taken front rank as a fruit state is because natural con- ditions for general agriculture are too favorable. It re- quires too great an effort to exclude tlie encroaching blue grass and live stock froni orchard areas where thrifty young trees fruit themselves to death in the unequal struggle for existence and the reproduction of their kind. The last report of the Missouri State Horticultural Society {1897) contains Secretary Goodman's estimate of the quantity and value of fruit produced in the state that year, as follows: Apples ânorth Blissouri, 2,500,000 barrels; central Missouri, 3,500,000; south Missouri, .3,000,000; total value of apples, $12,000,000. Peaches ânorth Missouri, 500,000 bushels; central Missouri, 1,000,000; south Missouri,2,000,000 ;totalvalue of peaches, $3,500,000. Total value of berries, $2,500,000. Total value of pears, cherries, plums and gnipes, $1,500,000. These, with nuts and misoollaneous fruits, reach a total value of $20,000,000 for tho IMissouri fruit crop for 1897. This report is based \i\>on figures obtained from tho various railroads and shippers, and may be relied upon as being approximately correct. Considering the fact that a few years ago Missouri could hardly lay claim to being a great fruit-producing state, the above figures indicate very rapid growth of the industry in recent years. In 1898 more young trees were planted than in any previous year, showing an accelerating tendency toward this line of business. A number of orchards in the state comprise over one thousand acres each. Tho size and number of these la
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