STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 15! 



He was in failing- health the last three years on the farm and 

 his death occurred February 14, 1S97. 



]\Ir. Whitney became a life member of the Pomological 

 Society in 1882. Although he was not able to meet with us 

 nuich he always seemed to have us in mind whenever he had 

 any particularly nice specimens of fruit. At our Farmington 

 meeting he sent over some beautiful specimens of Baldwins 

 that attracted much attention. In the locality where he lived 

 he did much by word and precept to improve the quality of 

 fruit and to increase its production. 



HENRY L. LELAND. 



Henry L. Leland was born in Sangerville May 14, 1836. His 

 home was always in his native town. He died June 26, 1903. 



Air. Leland was well known as a writer and lecturer upon 

 agricultural subjects. Hs was for several years a prominent 

 member of the Maine Board of Agriculture and his services as 

 an institute worker were of a high order. He was a regular 

 correspondent to the Maine Farmer and several other papers. 

 His articles were always timely and helpful. As a citizen he 

 was interested in all town afifairs especially all that pertained to 

 education. As a member of the grange, and in his daily life, 

 he strove to interest the young in the work of the farm and to 

 realize the necessity of living temperate, earnest lives. Those 

 who knew him best knew the love he had for all beauties of 

 nature and this love found outward expression in beautifying 

 the home grounds with shade trees also the roadsides not of his 

 own farm only but of adjoining ones as well. 



Each tree in the orchard of nearly seven acres wdiich he set 

 was raised from the seed and grafted by his own hand — a fact 

 in which he took great pride. He was deeply interested in the 

 Maine Pomological Society being familiar with and active in 

 its work from its first inception. The annual meeting at Dexter 

 w^as one of especial interest and he often said the whole tenor 

 of that meeting seemed to be "Raise only those varieties that 

 are in themselves good and so maintain and add to the reputa- 

 tion of Maine fruit," — a point he always urged. 



