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a dozen very nice apples in all. Some of the trees died ; but I 

 grafted most of them to other varieties to save their lives. 



King Siceetiiig. I obtained scions under the name of High- Top 

 Sweet, but by description of the late Joseph Taylor the\' are King 

 Sweeting. A nice apple, but the trees are often injured in winter. 



Large Yellow Bough. Nice when fully ripe, but a thin bearer and 

 not as earl}' as some other apples. 



Porter. Scions obtained of C. Goddard for Fameuse produced 

 some nice fruit, which appeared to be Porter. The trees were very 

 tender. A neighbor also had some Porters which killed badly. 



Primate. Very nice, but too tender for profit. 



William's Favorite. Verj' nice and fruit buds not so likel}' to kill 

 as those of the Primate, but bearinor trees sometimes whollv kill. 



Charlotte, Washington County. 



LETTER FROM HON. HENRY E. VAN DEMAN. 

 Mr. Samuel L. Boardman, 



Seci'etary Maine State Pomological Society. 



My Dear Sir : I have this day the honor to acknowledge the re- 

 ceipt of the programme of 3'our Society at Farmington, next week. 

 It would be a great pleasure to me to be present on that occasion, 

 but as I have only to-day returned from an official trip which has 

 taken two weeks of my time, 3'ou can easilj' imagine the work now 

 awaiting my attention. But it is in mj' mind to meet with you at 

 some future lime. Let me assure you of the interest that Commis- 

 sioner Colman and myself have in the prosperity- of your Society, 

 and the culture of fruits in your State. 



As the Pomological Division has but just been started, let us hope 

 that it ma3' be made a means of assisting the fruit growers of Maine 

 in more successfully and intelligentl}* pursuing their work, and let us 

 work hand-in-hand to that end. If you see any way in which this 

 Division can aid you, do not be backward in calling on me. 



Yours Fraternally, 



H. E. Van Deman, 



Chief of Division of Pomology, 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Division of Pomology, 



Washington, D. C, Jan. 29, 1887. 



