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Rockland Oct 2 1880 H/10/1880 -1-

By consent of the society at a previous
meeting, we met on Saturday

The meeting was large every family
being represented by two, three or more
members and the guests were Caleb Stabler
Anna Miller, Elizabeth Smith, Lucy Fitzhugh
Debby Brooke, Miss Nesbit, Mrs Jacobsen,
Dora Allison, Mary T.Kirk, Sarah Kirk, Eliza
Miller and Francis Miller.

Our specimen tables which were
placed under the trees in front of the
house, were well filled. There were fine
flowers from Longwood, Brooke Grove,
Hermon, Avalon, Sharon, Fulford, White
Hall, Stanmore, & Riverside - The vegetables
were from Longwood Sweet potatoes
pears & grapes, from Sharon apples and
potatoes, from Olney tomatoes & corn, from
Norwood pumpkins and beans, from
White Hall sweet potatoes & peas: from
Riverside grape, tomatoes and from R.R
Moore Raspberrries and figs.

Roger Farquhar who was asked for a
report of the "Fruit growers Association"
in Washington, said the small fruits
and grapes were fine, apples ordinary