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Highland

July 4^th 1911

A sudden and nexpected electrical
storm prevented many members and
guests from coming to this meeting. Some
who started in good time, arrived late,
having sought shelter bu the wayside
until the worst was over. Those who
arrived on time had never been out in
such a storm with such vivid lightening
and almost simultaneous thunder. The few
who had come early watched the rain
pouring in the South West, West and
North West and a drop fell at
Highland. Thoser who stopped at Ashton
told of deluges of rain at Sandy Spring
and Brighton.

1^st Reader, Mary Stabler read of "The
Summer care of bush fruit." Gooseberries
and currants should not have any stems
more than four years old. Two or three shoots
should be allowed to grow from the base
of the bush each year, so there will be always
be a succession of developing and
bearing wood. To grow new bushes cut
off 1 year old shoots after the leaves fall
or in the spring, thrust them in the moist
ground, and in a few weeks they will
take root and maybe left one season
and then transplanted to the plcae where
they are to grow. Blackberries and red
raspberries should have the canes which
bore cut out and the new canes should