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When two years old, budded it to about all the standard varieties 

 then in the State, that are adapted to central iMaine, viz : North- 

 ern Spj', Roxbury Russet, R. I. Greening-, Talman's Sweet, Yellow 

 Bellflower, Nodhead (Jewett's Fine Red), Ilubbardston Nonsuch, 

 &c., and have planted thom in orchard form on about three acres 

 of land in good condition, — making in all about four acres of 

 young orcharding — besides two acres of old orchard, in good con- 

 dition, which has generally been kept free from the ravages of the 

 caterpillars, at an expense of from twenty-five to thirty dollars 

 per year, for the last two years. 



And we think our trees have well repaid us in fruit, the profits 

 of which, year before last were $225, and last year, $60 ; besides 

 having the pleasure of seeing' our trees clothed in green foliage 

 and giving promise of fruit another year. 



We plant our trees two by one and one-half rods apart, — be- 

 lieving that light and air are essential to their health and vigor, 

 as well as rendering the fruit less exposed to mildew, the spores 

 of which attach themselves to the fruit in wet and warm weather 

 in August. We also need room to cultivate the trees till in fruit, 

 and then it requires room to move ladders while gathering- fruit 

 and destroying insects. Again, we regard a western or northern 

 slope or aspect as preferable to a southern or eastern one. On 

 the former, the trees are checked in summer by the cooling wind, 

 and grow more firm and less porous, and ripen their wood and 

 bark earlier in autumn and the fruit is less exposed to mildew and 

 the depredations of many insects, and in winter much less exposed 

 to the direct rays of the sun and the alternate freezing and thaw- 

 ing in the spring months ; while on the latter it is vice versa. 



We have from eight to ten thousand apple trees from two to 

 three years old, partly budded ; also one thousand or more good, 

 stocky pear trees, (30 or more of the best varieties, well adapted 

 to this climate,) from two to five years old. 



So far as our experience goes, we regard the Doyenne d' Ete, 

 Beurre d'Assomption, Clapp's Favorite and Bartlett as good for 

 summer and early autumn; for late autumn, the Beurre d'Anjou, 

 Sheldon, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Flemish Beauty, Duchess d' 

 Angouleme and BufTum ; for winter, the Beurre Langclier, Glout 

 Morceau, Lawrence and Vicar of Winkfield. I see no reason why 

 Maine may not as well raise her own pears as to hire Massachu- 

 setts to do it for us, and we can if we feed as high and as per- 

 sistently. 



