Club Minutes: Horticultural Society, 1891-1906

Rock Spring Oct. 6th 1891 Noon Temp. 59°

Quite half of our members were absent from this meeting. Sickness , press of work, threatened rain, and a wedding were the various reasons for their absence. The absent were the members of Longwood, Fair Hill, Hermon Norwood, Riverton, Stanmore White Hall The Cedars and Deborah Reese Mrs. Waters Sarah J. Miller, Will. Iddings Corrie Gover Albina Stabler Elsie Stabler Miss Wendling Dr. Charles Farquhar & Edith Farquhar

The specimens were from Edgewood Flowers, apples, sweet potatoes Lima beans and corn; Avalon Flowers sweet potatoes and 4 kinds of apples; Alloway Flowers, salsify, Lima beans egg-plant tomatoes and turnips; Rockland, Flowers, okra, corn, beans white and black salsify white and sweet potatoes tomatoes cabbage egg-plant and knife beans; Brooke Grove Flowers corn tomatoes, Lima beans, salsify, cabbage,

potatoes and pears; Riverside flowers; Falling Green, flowers and nine good sized sweet potatoes from one hill; our guest Sarah Miller brought beautiful flowers from Mt. Airy

The Secretary brought a new lot of labels, which proved satisfactory; the printing of which was presented by A.G. Thomas to the Society A new book being needed, our President bought one and the cash divided among the members came to 20ct each. Robert Miller and Henry Hallowell Farquhar were appointed to collect that sum from those present and give to the Secretary who was requested to collect from the absent and pay over to the President.

The minutes were read and approved.

There was very little to report on poultry, Rock Spring had about half as much as usual Falling Green's 51 turkies was the larger flock owned by the society

1st Reader

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Anna Farguhar, read of a system of making eggs by which the purchasers would know how old the eggs were when eating them 2nd Reader Mary M. Miller, had nothing for us and was excusedVolunteer articles, our President a letter from the Horticulturist Downing to D.A. Lea written about 40years ago and presented to the Society by Helen Lea of Springdale Sec, requested to give our thanks to the donor. Henry Miller being absent, Roger Farguhar was requested to tell us the work for the month: which is to take care of root crops, andto plow gardens in the fall, as it makes them earhis, Always manure every time it is plowed and put on ss much fine manure in the Spring as you choose. Readers for next meeting E.J. Hall, and M.E. Gilpin and the place of meeting Longwood unless notifiedto the contrary. It was noted that our future meetings should be in alphabetised as to the name of the places.

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Corn planted on the 12th of July is now, Oct.6th in prime condition for the table.

Questions 1. A garden worked when too wet, for two reasons, bakes badly. What treatment will make it good? Plow in the fall, two furrow lists and manure An application of ashe might help and perhaps lime. 2. M. E. Gilpin brought apples for a name Northern Spy or Ben Davis suggested but opinions differed. 3. Corrie Brooks brought a Rose for a name? And was satisfied when told it Perle des Jardins 4. How take dare of a Marechal Neil rose in winter? Occasionally one will live for years without protection but it should at most, places, have protection. 5. Is it to early to mulch strawberries? Yes 6. When dig sweet potatoes? Now before frost injures them. A member says. Day before yesterday. 7. What do with hard pears which do not soften? Make marmalade of some and try wrapping some in paper, and

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April 7th

As arranged at the meeting of April 3rd the commitee met at Ashton to consider the order of meetings. The change from meeting alphabetically according to the names of places, unavoidably made the length of time great between the meetings at some places. than two years. Our Presidents list was found to be as nearly right for this summer as circumstances would allow. The subject of the Oct. meeting was introduced: Some of our members had an idea that it was our habit to hold our last meeting in. Sept. Upon examining the records of our meeting since the first one in 1865 we found that when in the early years we met the last of the month instead of