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tables, and all seemed interested in examining the beautiful dis- 

 pla}' of fruit. The fruit shown by the Experiment Station was 

 much admired, and contained more or less varieties not generally 

 grown in the State. Several of these were Russian varieties, 

 which thrive well at Orono. By courtesy of Mr. H. E. Van 

 Deman some fine specimens of Missouri Ben Davis, York 

 Imperial, Sultan Beauty and Rome Beauty were shown from the 

 Pan-American Exposition. A plate of apples grown by C. D. 

 Tolman, East Dixfield, was shown with the name given by the 

 exporter, who last year sent this variety to Liverpool as the N. Y. 

 Pippin, where it sold for twenty-seven shillings, the highest price 

 received for any Maine fruit sold in that market last year. There 

 were also some fine specimens of the xA.rctic shown by Mr. O. K. 

 Gerrish of Lakeville, Mass. Among the pears shown by Mr. 

 S. H. Dawes of Harrison was a very good plate of the Idaho. 

 Prof. Powell found many varieties with which he was not 

 familiar, especially several of Maine origin. Selections of these 

 were made and forwarded to the department at Washington, and 

 his report on the merits of the fruit will be awaited with interest. 

 During the afternoon session of the second day the secretary 

 suggested the propriety of sendmg a barrel of Maine apples to 

 President Roosevelt. At the close of the meeting a barrel of 

 the choicest fruit was selected, neatly packed and sent forward 

 to the White House with the compliments and best wishes of 

 the society. Shortly after a letter was received, acknowledging 

 the arrival of the fruit, and expressing the thanks of the Presi- 

 dent for this delicious Maine fruit. 



MAINE FRUIT IN I9OO AND I9OI. 



The fruit of 1900 so far as it was placed in the market this 

 year brought good prices. The last shipment to Europe was 

 made from Skowhegan — 300 barrelsof Ben Davis, which netted 

 the grower $900. The panic in prices in the fall which caused 

 so many to sell at nominal figures led our executive committee to 

 ask President Gilbert to ascertain and publish the actual condition 

 of the crop of 1901. His bulletin has been published. Buyers 

 in Maine this year sent parties out to estimate the quantity of 

 fruit in certain orchards and based on this estimate offers were 

 made for the lot. In one case the buyer offered $200 for a lot 



