140 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



somewhat troublesome, they nevertheless should not discourage 

 anyone if the trees are given the necessary care. At the New 

 Hampshire Experiment Station we have fruited Burbanks at 

 the rate of two and one-half bushels on five-year-old trees, and 

 1 was interested to note an article from Mr. A. A. Halliday of 

 Windham county, Vermont, in a recent publication, stating that 

 he had secured as high as seven bushels from six-year-old Bur- 

 bank trees. When we realize that one tree requires an area of 

 only 16 by 16 feet, or at the rate of 170 trees to the acre, surely 

 the returns must be good. Other varieties of plums as Abun- 

 dance, Lombard, Chabot, etc., are equally good. 



We have one man at Wilton, our state, who raises on an 

 average eight tons of grapes a year, and has had success in 

 growing this fruit for the past twenty years. Many think the 

 grape not adapted for many sections of New England, and still 

 others think even if they could grow them, they would be unable 

 to sell them on account of the competition with the quantities 

 of this fruit that comes into New England from other states. 

 I believe both of these notions are erroneous. Adaptable varie- 

 ties can be grown in most sections if properly handled, and 

 there is always a loyalty to home grown fruits. Mr. Bachelder, 

 the man referred to, tells me that all of his eight tons are sold 

 within a radius of five miles of his place. The Moores Early, 

 Worden, Wyoming and Green Mountain, have all done well at 

 the New Hampshire Experiment Station. 



There is little reason why a man with any interest in his call- 

 ing should not be able to inform himself in regard to the prin- 

 ciples of the modern culture of any of our horticultural crops. 

 The days of apprenticeship methods of finding out how to do 

 things is relegated to the past ; to-day we have plenty of litera- 

 ture and the main test is putting it into practical application. 

 Culture, however, means much more than we are liable to 

 credit it with. The culture of any plant means ideal conditions 

 for its development for whatever purpose desired. 



Too much attention can not be given in studying varieties. 

 These are changing constantly, and it is highly necessary that 

 we take advantage of those that are best adapted to our condi- 

 tions and the markets. 



Executive ability is needed upon the average New England 

 farm, for success, as much as it is anywhere. The average 



