# page 12 right [![image.png](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/1rzimage.png)](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/1rzimage.png) #### Oct 1907 Tue 15 Took 36 1/2 lbs butter and 4 doz eggs to store 35 for butter 32 for eggs Wed 16 Began to dig potatoes. They are a failure on account of a new kind of blight. Thr 17 Mr H went to Pittsburgh Took william a basket of [Quinces](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince) and three pts of lima beans the last of the season " " H McClintock and family went to the exposition in Pittsburgh Frid 18 Mrs Sarah Lytle came over in morning and Mrs J P Lytle came in the afternoon Fri 18 Big fire at the Monongahela bridge. Burnt the saloon and several dwelling houses. Sat 19 Therm 28. day clear --- ### Notes and Illustrations #### The Big Fire The big fire as covered by The Daily Republican (Monongahela, Pennsylvania) · Fri, Oct 18, 1907: [![img-2.jpeg](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/img-2.jpeg)](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/img-2.jpeg) #### Quince #### [![37572111041_947b9a8b76_c.jpg](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/scaled-1680-/37572111041-947b9a8b76-c.jpg)](https://monongapedia.pikapod.net/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/37572111041-947b9a8b76-c.jpg) From the [Wikipedia article on Quince](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quince "Wikipedia article on Quince") - Cydonia oblonga. (Not to be confused with the smaller, shrubby Japanese quince) "The quince (/ˈkwɪns/; Cydonia oblonga) is the sole member of the genus Cydonia in the Malinae subtribe (which also contains apples and pears, among other fruits) of the Rosaceae family. It is a deciduous tree that bears hard, aromatic bright golden-yellow pome fruit, similar in appearance to a pear. Ripe quince fruits are hard, tart, and astringent. They are eaten raw or processed into marmalade, jam, paste (known as quince cheese) or alcoholic beverages.