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GARDENING. 



Feb. 15, 



New Hampshire Horticultural 

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 ture, in the state library building. The 

 executive committee was instructed to 

 prepare a brochure, dealing with fruit 

 culture, and especially the grafting and 

 setting out of fruit trees, in such a man- 

 ner as to interest the young, for distribu- 

 tion among the subordinate granges ot 

 the state. The following officers were 

 elected: President, C. C. Shaw, Milford; 

 vice-president, J. M Farr, Littleton; sec- 

 retary, W. D. Baker, Quincy; treasurer, 

 T. E. Hunt, Lakeport: board of directors. 

 G. F. Beede of Fremont, J. M. Hayes of 

 Dover, G. S. Smith of Meredith, Charles 

 A.Parrishof Wolfeborough, J. T. Harvey, 

 of Pittsfield, E. M. Shaw of N lsbua, 

 Fred C. Gowing of Dublin, Charles 

 McDaniel of West Springfield, T S. Pulsi- 

 fer of Campton, and J. D. Howe of Lan- 

 caster; executive committee, J. r. Harvey 

 J. D. Howe, Adam Dickey, Manchester. 



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