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The time will be further occupied with a discussion of the sub- 

 ject of fruit growing in connection with general farming; and 

 since farming is the chief business followed in this community 

 and nearly all its people are engaged in fruit growing, the discus- 

 sion will be commenced with reference to 



Fruit Growing in the Town of Monmouth, 



by one who is familiar with it, Mr. George H, Andrews of Mon- 

 mouth. 



Mr. Andrews. If it would not be deemed irrelevant I would 

 say, prior to entering upon the subject, that I have been much 

 interested in the address of Dr. True, and I hope it may get into 

 the hands of every man in Monmouth and of every other town in 

 the State. I am particularly desirous that it should go into the 

 hands of every man in Monmouth ; and now for one dollar every 

 man may be entitled to and will receive the Society's Transactions 

 containing this paper. Is not that cheap enough ? What do you 

 think it cost Dr. True to give us that production which we have 

 all listened to with so much interest? How many years of labor 

 has he spent in preparing it ? " He wrote it out in a day," some 

 one will say. No, he did not write it in that time ; he spent years 

 and years to give ua the principles of that paper. Now I simply 

 refer to this for the purpose of submitting a motion, which is, that 

 Dr. True be requested to furnish a copy of his address to the Sec- 

 retary for publication in the annual report. 



The motion of Mr. Andi-ews was adopted. 



Mr. Andrews proceeded : We are doing something in the town 

 of Monmouth in the way of fruit growing, and we have begun to 

 do it in earnest. A good many trees were set out thirty years 

 ago, but very few of them are alive to-day ; but we have been 

 learning and thinking all the while on this subject. I will name a 

 few persons who have within the last ten years planted orchard 

 trees to the number of 100 or more each, and I know that a large 

 majority of these trees have been well set out and well cared for, 

 and are now doing well : Joel Witherell 250, S. C. Andrews 250, 

 A. Wyman 150, 0. W, Andrews 150, J. W. Jackson 100, Levi 

 Butler 150, H. W. Tilton 100, A. C. Grossman 500, Dr. D. E. 

 Marston 1400, A. J. Fogg 400, David Marston 400, G. W. Fogg 

 300, G. H. Andrews 300, N. F. Prescott 300, H. H. Sawyer 150, 

 J. D. Donnell 500, A. W. Tinkham 500, J. R. King 400, Alfred 

 Smith 400, B. Walker 500, Samuel Robinson 200, Charles H. 



