124 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



SECRETARY'S PORTFOLIO. 



HENRY A. ROBINSON, D. D. S. 



Henry A. Robinson of Foxcroft was one of our earliest life 

 members, and one who in a special sense had the interests of the 

 society at heart. It was a pleasure to have him with us at our 

 annual meeting in Dexter in November, 1901, but it was a cause 

 of no little sorrow to observe his declining health. Several times 

 he called attention to the great pleasure the meeting gave him, 

 and it was the secretary's privilege to induce him to stop over 

 to the evening meeting by sharing his room with him. A few 

 weeks later we were shocked to learn of his death, while of his 

 life there were only the sweetest of thoughts. To his wife and 

 family the members of our society join in extending heartfelt 

 sympathy in their sorrow, while they rejoice in the noble, helpful 

 life he led. 



Mrs. Robinson has kindly sent the secretary the following 

 sketch of her husband, and it so beautifully tells the story of his 

 noble life that it is a great pleasure to publish it for the perusal 

 of our members : 



Henry A. Robinson, D. D. S., was born at Foxcroft, Maine, 

 March 6, 1840. He received his education in the common 

 schools, and at Foxcroft Academy ; and taught his first term of 

 school at the age of sixteen, continuing to teach in winter for 

 several years, while in summer he assisted his father on the farm. 

 He studied dentistry in the ofifice of Dr. Henry Leavitt at Fox- 

 croft, and afterward graduated from the Philadelphia Dental 

 College in the class of 1867. He then established an office in 

 Foxcroft, where he followed his profession for thirty-five years, 

 taking great pride in doing first-class work. 



The doctor's chief interest, outside of his office, centered about 

 fruit-growing, and he was a life member of the Maine Pomo- 

 logical Society, whose sessions he greatly enjoyed whenever he 

 was able to attend. It addition to a large apple orchard, he had, 

 besides the more common kinds, a number of varieties of Rus- 

 sian pear-trees, some of which were large enough to produce 



