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Sweet Bough, Sopsavine, Early Strawberry, Porter, Killam, Hill, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Pecker, Baldwin, which, however, is not a 

 good bearer with us, the Blue Pearmain, Vermont Pearmain or Har- 

 vey, English Russet, which is a great bearer with us, the Roxbury 

 Russet for its long keeping qualities, though it is a shy bearer in our 

 locality. We have several other kinds that promise fair, but have 

 not been fully proved. Pears have been but little cultivated, but they 

 promise well. Plums do well, but we are annoyed with that little 

 pest, the curculio. Cherries are raised almost without cost." 



PROM W. D. DANA, PEKRY. 



" Fruit culture is in its infancy. Of its profitableness, nothing can 

 yet be asserted. Apples, plums and cherries are all that have yet 

 been tried. The apple and plum do well, producing even here among the 

 fogs of 'Quoddy Bay, as fine specimens as one need wish for. An en- 

 couraging fact in reference to fruit culture is, that a few nurseries have 

 been started among us, two in this town and one in Robbinston, 

 and we hope the day is not distant, when the disappointment which 

 some have experienced by getting trees from distant nurseries and irre- 

 ponsible individuals, will be counterbalanced by the success of trees 

 raised in their own climate, and adapted to their own soil." 



FROM ElilJAH BARREtl,, GREENE. 



" Apples are an important item of our farm produce. Old orchards 

 are being better cared for, their fruits changed, and extensive orchards 

 are being set out, whilst we have the varieties most approved ; our 

 Baldwins and Greenings find the most ready sale for shipping- Ordi- 

 nary apples are used for swine ; those who have them, winter growing 

 swine on them. For this purpose their value is nearly equal to pota- 

 toes, but for stock no satisfactory experiment has been tried." 



FROM W^IELIAM GREGG, FREEPORT. 



f Fruit growing is increasing, there is considerable interest on the 

 subject, and our town is much indebted to Nathan Nye, Esq., for his 

 example and his zeal in the cause. The varieties most cultivated are 

 Greenings and Baldwins, most of the modern varieties are being 

 planted. The cultivation of pears is beginning to receive some atten- 

 tion. Many of the families of the town now have one or more grape 

 vines aad their culture is extending." 



Cranberries. 

 These have been cultivated to but limited extent, and little 

 €eems to be generally known or thought about them as a source 

 <dS^ income. This is the more to be regretted, as we have 



