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H/8/1865-1

Edgewood

(R B Farquhar Sec for the day) 8th mo 31st 1865.

The Society met at Robert M.
Stablers. Several members absent - as is usually the case.
The minutes of the last meeting held here were read as also those
of the last regular meeting.

There was quite a good display of vegetables
on the tables and some very fine peaches from our
Hosts orchard, which seemed to be enjoyed by members & guests.
We found the little garden of our host in good order except
a strawberry bed that was overrun with grass, there were
some fine heads of Cabbage &c.

The questions presented were as follows.
Why do some Eggplants that bloom fully not bear more than
one or two eggs.
A. Several reasons were suggested but no decisive answer given.

Q What should be the treatment of a cabbage that is headed now
to procure seed from it.
A. No one seemed to know how to preserve it until winter.

Q When is the time to set out strawberries.
A. The 8th mo by some preferred. Others the spring.

Q. Information was asked as regarded sowing onion seed
in the Fall for spring use. A. But little experience on the subject.

Q When is the best time to remove Raspberries. A. In the spring.

Q Is it too late to sow cabbage seed for fall planting.
A It was thought not.