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Hermon
Oct 6th 1903

It was very pleasant to meet again
at this dear home and we had a good
assembly of members and guests.

Mrs. Davis, who had been secretary for
the summer, read the minutes of the last
meeting which were approved. Readers
of selected articles. 1st Mrs. [Nahlon] Kirk
was absent. 2nd Mrs. C. F. Brooke read
"The time to prepare for spring flowers is
in the fall." The fall planting of bulbs best
be made in October. Bed to be well puvlerized
and enriched with well rotted manure.
A voluteer article on long lived peach
trees from the Journal of Agriculture.
The writer says "bearing themselves out"
means being starved out. They should be
enriched requently and pruned back severely
and borers destroyed twice yearly, and
should be good for twenty-five years. There
are many thirty year old trees in the country.
For "Yellows" Dr. Magruder tried trimming
back and the result was a fine growth.
Dr. Kirk tried a wash made of Babbit's
potash poured on the body of the tree
hot. They made a wonderful growth.