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quality ; Wilder or Wilder Red as it is called, is another one 

 peculiarly high in quality. Now there is practically as much 

 difference between a Moore's Ruby and Red Grape or Red Dutch 

 as there is between Ben Davis and Northern Spy. 



In the matter of raspberry growing, a grower of my acquaint- 

 ance markets raspberries in pint boxes and picks them with the 

 hull on. He has his pickers trained so that they snap the berry 

 with the hull on just as you do in picking the strawberry. He 

 picks only his best Cuthberts in that way. He ships his to the 

 Montreal market, of which he is within easy reach — sells them 

 in pint boxes for 15 cents a box and has cultivated quite a large 

 trade which is exceedingly profitable, as you may recognize, at 

 those prices. But you first must find the persons who will pur- 

 chase your goods. 



Now I do not think I have anything more to say, — being called 

 upon hurriedly, — on the general small fruit question beyond the 

 fact that it is, I think, like poultry raising, an industry which is 

 admirably adapted to the energies and ability of women ; it is a 

 business which she can carry on very advantageously and in 

 which she often outstrips man in carrying it on successfully. 



INSECTICIDES, THEIR USES AND DANGERS. 

 By Dr. George M. Twitchell, Augusta. 



In any discussion of fruit questions at a gathering like this, 

 there are certain facts of such transcendent importance that they 

 cannot be too often nor too forcibly presented. Only as we get 

 these ingrained into the warp and woof of our thought will it 

 be possible for their full significance to work out through our 

 finger tips and in our speech. I present at this time two : — 



1st. That a large portion of the State of Maine is peculiarly 

 adapted to fruit culture, especially the growing of apples. 



2d. That the quality of Maine fruit, when protected and per- 

 mitted to perfect itself, is of finer grade than that of any other 

 section of our country. 



These are the fundamental facts upon which the changes may 

 well be rung until every boy and girl in this commonwealth is 

 completely filled with their importance. 



