report of statd horticuiyturist. io7 



Gregory Orchard. 



The first contest for the Gregory Orchard Prize has been 

 completed and the awards made. In general the results were as 

 satisfactory as could be expected under the circumstances. 

 Sufficient has been said in our previous reports to cover the 

 work done. It might be well, however, to incorporate in this 

 report, the report of the judges as made to the Governor and 

 Council. That report is as follows : 



BUREAU OF HORTICULTURE. 



October 28, 1914. 

 To His Excellency, Hon. William T. Haines, Governor of 

 Maine, and the Honorable Executive Council: 

 ■ Gentlemen : — In accordance with the provisions embodied 

 in Chapter 60 of the Resolves of nineteen hundred and eleven, 

 relating to the award of the Carleton Prize, the Committee of 

 Judges begs to offer its report. 



A. K. Gardner, Augusta, 

 Wilson H. Conant, Buckfield, 

 H. P. Sweetser, Augusta, 



Co^nmittee. 

 On November one, nineteen hundred and nine, the late Mr. 

 James J. H. Gregory of Marblehead, Mass., offered a first mort- 

 gage, one thousand dollar bond, to the State of Maine. 



The accumulated interest on this bond, to the sum of two 

 hundred dollars ($200.00) was to be given as a premium to the 

 farmer having the most thrifty and well kept orchard of one 

 acre or more of apple trees, five years from planting, on his 

 own land. This orchard was to be set in nineteen hundred and 

 ten and judged in nineteen hundred and fourteen. Provision 

 was made for the appointment of the judges in July, nineteen 

 hundred and fourteen, who should report their decision to the 

 Governor and Council in October. 



Upon the solicitation of the Department of Agriculture addi- 

 tional premiums were donated as follows : 



Premium by a friend $150.00 



Bowker Company, Boston 100.00 



B. G. Pratt Company, New York City 100.00 



Douglass Pump Company, Middletown, Conn 100.00 



