252 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SOUTH BOSTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PREPARED BY J. D. STANDARD, SEC'T. 

 OFFICERS FOR 18S0. 



President — D. H. English, Saranac. 



Vice President — C. C. Winegar, Chandler. 



Secretary — J. D. Stannard, Lowell. 



Treasurer — W. Young, Lowell. 



The members for 1880 — J. C. English, Lowell; A. S. Stannard, Lowell; 

 G. L. Stannard, Lowell; "W. S. Story, Lowell; S. K. Remington, Lowell; 

 Mrs. J. C. English, Lowell; Mrs. A. S. Stannard, Lowell; S. W. Towl, Low- 

 ell; B. Chapman, Chandler; J. Turner, Chandler; Mrs. B. Chapman, Chan- 

 dler; E. H. Hunt, Saranac; J. F. English, Saranac; J. Leak, Saranac. 



The South Boston Horticultural Society was organized April 24, 1880. The 

 society has held three subsequent meetings. 



At our summer meeting papers were furnished upon the subjects, — Apple 

 Orchard ; The Kitchen Garden ; Summer care of House Plants ; and a talk 

 from Mr. J. D. Husted, upon the Peach Orchard. 



At our fall meeting, the desirability of working the apple crop into jelly, and 

 the value of apples for fodder, were the questions that engaged most of our time. 

 All experiments tended to prove that apples had considerable value for feeding, 

 and could be fed with profit in years when there was an over production. 



We are not a horticultural people, and we do not consider our papers and 

 discussions of much value only to ourselves, but we believe in our society. All 

 of our meetings have been very interesting, and we are acquiring a practical 

 knowledge of horticulture which cannot fail in being beneficial to us. 



