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for in.<truction as well as for action. As a writer ou horticultural 

 subjects he was wonderfully clear and interesting, and had a good 

 style, without perhaps ever giving a conscious thought to mere 

 expression. As a speaker on any topic, he was forcible and fluent ; 

 but he seldom spoke except for instruction and never for display. 



He was successful in accumulating a large fortune, but it may be 

 said it was a fortune in the collection of which every dollar gained 

 for the individual represented many dollars' worth of good done. He 

 prospered on the plunder of no other man, but on the prosperity of 

 others — on the improvement of land in all parts of the country, and 

 on the growth of this community. He made himself wealthy, but he 

 left the world far wealthier through his labors. 



FRUIT-GROWING IN AROOSTOOK. 

 As I looked over the fine specimens of fruit on exhibition last 

 winter I became more interested in fruit growing then ever before, 

 although at first thought it would almost discourage any one from 

 Aroostook county, seeing those fine varieties of apples so delicious 

 to the taste, and to think it would be impossible for us to try to 

 raise them in our county ; but I have all the courage in the world to 

 believe the time is coming and is not far off when we can raise plenty 

 of good fruit to carry us through the season. In 1858 we came to 

 this county from the town of China, Kennebec county, there we had 

 plenty of fruit. We boys missed that more than anything else. 

 They told us then that we never could raise apples here. At that 

 time there were a very few native crab-trees and once in a while 

 jou would find a hardy seedling that would make a pig squeal if he 

 ate one.!! But in a few years there was a change. They told us we 

 €ould raise the Duchess of Oldenburg. We tried a few and they 

 stood our winters first-rate. Some other kinds did quite well. The 

 Fameuse and Alexander and Tetofsky, and they were shortl}' 

 followed by the ironclad Wealthy from Minnesota, also the Yellow 

 Transparent and Montreal Peach ; then came the Dudle}' apple, 

 which keeps nice until April. The tree is an ironclad and a very 

 prolific bearer. I have several other varieties that I am testing, 

 among them is a sweet russet, an apple of very fine quality and a 

 good keeper. There are seedlings in Northern Maine and New 

 Brunswick that are worthy of propagation, and I believe if thoroughly 

 tested would give us fruit the year round and of fine quality, good 

 enough for a king. Knowing these things and having the experience 



