Horticultural Society

H/6/1919-686

We were told sweet potatoes could be planted now, if a wet bed is made. The June specimens were very good indeed. It was a pleasure to have our second new family represented at this meeting, & Harwood brought a fine hubbard squash kept over from last year. There were good strawberries from The Highlands, Della Brooke, Norwood, & Avalon & Knowlton.

The best beets present came from the Highlands, the best corn & spinach from Brooke Grove, the best potatoes & cherries from Edgewood, the best cabbage & onions from Della Brooke, & Tanglewood had very fine peas _ they were on their second planting.

As leaders for the next meeting, Margaret Bancroft & Clarence Gilpen were appointed.

We adjourned to Brooke Grove for the July meeting.

When we visited Cousin Ellen's gardens, we found just the thing we went to see _ Perfection _ The rows of corn which she had talked of replanting, were all there _