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In Memoriam

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Day
24
Month
August
Year
1892
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Our society enters upon its records the loss oí another president. Ou the Ü6th of July, 1892, President J. Austln Seott closed a loug, useful nnd honorable life fr9m 1SO( to 1892,- the era of the improvement of American fruits. President Scott was among the foremost in bringlng our frnits to their present degree of perfection. He was more than an amateur; bis greatest utility was his ambitiou. Actively interested in the whole range of frultfl cultivated iu onr latitude. the apple, the king of fruits, was his favonte. This he studied and cultivated with an intelligent zeal rarely surpasBed. He was an anthority on its varieties and their history and on its cultivatipu and . handling. A genial gentleman, au earnest chrlstian, a leader iu any ehosen circle or vocation his il - fluence was elevating and inspiring, - one (f the men who make the world better by liaviug lived in it He was conseientious'.y faithfiil and With Min to be useful was a duty aud pleasure. Mr. Scott was one of the vice-presidents of the State Horticultural ioefety, but what endeared him most to the meinbers of this Society is the fact, that he called the flrst meeting to found a Pomological Society iu this couuty. This meeting was held June lst, 1K78 in tue' city hall. By motiou of Mr. Scott. Mr. J. D. Baldwin was presideut aud Emil Baur secretarv of said meeting. O. R. L. CROZIER. W. F. BI KD. E. BAUK. On the 2öth day of .luiv. ouly a few hours before the death of Presideut sscott, James D. Duucau dropped from our rauks aud joined the sileut majority. A gooi citizen. progressive in spirit.au intelligent horticulturlst, qulet devout, earnest in hls religious life. a member of the same church with Presideut Scott, a useful member of our Society, always ready to do liis part,- we miss him from our meetiugs and our couusels. How ofteu death makes us better acquainted aud so more appreciative of those who have lived amoug us. We condole with nis family for their and our loss. O. K. L. CROZIER, W. F. BIED. E BAUR.

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