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be made as usual Thursday decided
on.

Mrs Hopkins read an article on sweet
corn, requires less rich land and cooler
weather.

Preserving fresh asparagus. Wipe dry
and pack in a cask with alternate
layers of salt and bran mixed, cover
ed with half cold suet, must be used
as soon as opened.

Readers for next meeting H. H. Miller and
Edith Farquhar

Questions

1st How to enrich a flower garden and
when should it be done? Make a
compost and spade in either fall or
spring; rake in bone dust.

2nd In what condition is Kohl-rabi best
used for the table? Use when young.

3 When is the best time to top Locust trees?
Spring, tho' it does not make a great
difference.

4 Do apples ripen too soon and fall off?
Yes.

5 Is it not bad for grass and weeds
to grow under fruit trees? Yes.

6 When is the best time to cut out old
wood? In the spring

Adjourned to met at Olney
Aug 26th.

Mary L. Moore
Sec. Pro. Tem.