STATE POMOLOGICAI, SOCIETY. 3 1 



suggestion, so often presented, that this society, or its members, 

 initiate a movement looking to the construction of storage plants 

 at central shipping stations for the convenience of growers, the 

 protection of fruit and the control of the industry, by those 

 directly interested in its promotion. 



The rallying cry must be Maine for Maine, and to insure this 

 every barrel and box of fruit should bear a richly colored litho- 

 graphic label, carrying the seal of the State and space for name 

 of variety, owner and residence. These labels the full size of 

 the barrel heads, or end of box, can be furnished at a cost of 

 not more than one cent each. I leave these suggestions in your 

 hands for such action as may be deemed best for all interested. 

 Experience is forcing the conviction that a richer nitrog- 

 enous fertilizer is demanded for the making of fresh wood. 

 Trees lacking this growth yearly cannot resist spraying appli- 

 cations as can normal, healthy growing trees. The natural vig- 

 or of a tree becomes of importance when spraying solutions are 

 to be applied and good health insures resistance not to be ob- 

 tained in any other way. There is no combination of food ele- 

 ments better adapted to trees not making eight or more inches 

 of fresh wood grov/th yearly, than what is familiarly known as 

 Fisher's formula, one prepared by Dr. Jabez Fisher, a life- 

 long orchardist of Fitchburg, Mass. It carries : 



700 lbs. of Nitrate of Soda. 



300 lbs. of Sulphate of Ammonia. 



460 lbs. of Sulphate of Potash. 



440 lbs. of Acid Phosphate. 



100 lbs. of Kainit. 

 The excess of nitrogen is intended to make wood growth, to 

 put fresh energy into the tree, and ten pounds scattered out 

 where the branches drip is enough for a mature bearing tree. 



I know of no combination of chemicals so valuable in re- 

 claiming an old orchard or putting energy and life into neglect- 

 ed trees. The verdict of many confirms my own experience. 



The only standard which will endure is that which makes 

 the brand true to the contents and hold good in any and every 

 market of the world. The next twenty years will witness a 

 tremendous increase in commercial orchards all over the fruit 

 sections of Maine. Our deliberations cannot be narrowed to 

 the conditions of 1910, else we shall fail signally when the day 



