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H/8/1896 -2-

this fine pumpkin was one of eight
on one vine
Alloway cymblings, tomatoes, potatoes
onions, salsify, carrots, parsnips,
Lima beans, celery, egg-plant,
sweet corn and flowers
Hermon salsify, carrots, egg-plants,
Lima beans, tomatoes and flowers
The guest who contributed to the specimen
table were Miss Colt and Mary Bond
flowers. Dr Augustus Stabler, apples
tomatoes, black Lima beans & sweet potatoes
The Janney brothers very fine tomatoes
The minutes were read and corrected.

Readers
1^st Mrs. Janney, a paper on Strawberry
culture and an account of the
oldest rose bush in the world said
to have been planted by Charlemagne

2 Charles A. Iddings, "The rising of
sap in trees. Volunteer reading
on celery by Dr Kirk and by the
same" electricity in Horticulture,
and "Refrigerating flowers" read by
E. L. Iddings.

Forethought paper good as
usual