REPORT 01^ STATE HORTICULTURIST. IO3 



A. L. Blaisdell, Winterport. 



$15 00 For sixth best five barrels of apples, 



Maine Special, Sec. A. 

 S. C. Blaisdell, Winterport. 



$10 GO For seventh best five barrels of apples, 



Maine Special, Sec. A. 



Berry & Allen, East Hebron 



$10 00 For second best barrel of apples, 



Maine Special, Sec. C. 



Roy Cordwell, Hebron. 



$5 00 For second best box of apples, Maine Special, Sec. D. 



$285 GO Total prizes won by Maine exhibitors. 



SECOND CAREETON ORCHARD CONTEST. 



In compliance with the stipulation governing the Carleton 

 Orchard Contest fund, the Second Contest was started by the 

 Department of Agriculture in the spring. In December, 1914,, 

 posters concerning the contest were sent to the various post- 

 masters in the state with a request that they be placed conspicu- 

 ously in the post office. 



Cards showing the address location of the orchard, best 

 means of reaching the orchard, and a pledge to live up to the 

 conditions of the contest were mailed to each applicant. Upon 

 receipt of these cards properly filled out, the Department for- 

 warded a circular of information containing a list of the prizes 

 ofifered, score card for judging, tables showing the number of 

 trees required for different systems of planting, maximum and 

 minimum distance apart for the leading varieties, and the regu- 

 lations governing the contest. 



Early in the spring report sheets were sent to each contes- 

 tant to be filled out and returned to the office when the work 

 on the orchard was completed for the season. These sheets 

 called for a definite description of the orchard, the work done 

 and the materials used ; in addition a complete report of the 

 expenses connected with the trees and a report of the expenses 

 and receipts on any crop or crops grown in connection with the 

 trees. 



