SECRETARY'S PORTFOLIO. 



AN ENTHUSIASTIC HORTICULTURIST. 



Many fruit growers have been identified with the work of the 

 Maine State Pomological Society in the past. Charles S. Pope', of 

 Manchester at the first meeting for organizing was^^chosen treas- 

 urer of the society, and from that time to the present he has' been 

 an able and faithful officer of the society. On the retirement of 

 Robert H. Gardiner from the presidency, Mr. Pope was elected 

 president in 1884 and year after year was re-elected until the pres- 

 ent year. It was a remark of his at our Foxcroft meeting last 

 winter that he had attended every public meeting of the society, 

 and to this the writer may add that he was never an idle or indif- 

 ferent listener on these occasions. In view of the valuable ser- 

 vices rendered to the fruit growers of the State it is a pleasure to 

 present our many readers with a brief sketch of Mr. Pope and an 

 excellent portrait. 



Only a few rods to the north of the "Forks of the Road" in the 

 town of Manchester there is ^ stately rural home, surrounded by 

 magnificent shade trees, and tastily adorned with beautiful shrubs 

 and flowers. Nearl}^ seventy-five years ago Mr. Pope's father 

 settled upon this place when he was only nineteen years of age. 

 The old Vassalboro home from which he came in later years became 

 the property of Burleigh & Bodwell and was made famous among 

 stockmen for its thoroughbreds. Four years after coming to Man- 

 chester he married Lavinia M. Stackpole of North Berwick. From 

 this marriage there were four children, three daughters and a son. 

 Many years of health and happiness were granted to both father 

 and mother. During the past year the mother was stricken down 

 ■with apoplexy and after months of helplessness death came to her 

 relief. The father still lives to mourn his loss, while rejoicing irx 

 his own good health and pleasant surroandings. 



