72 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



A. I have never tried it in late years because I think I know 

 better for my soil and the varieties I grow mostly for market. 



Q. Will you name a half a dozen of the best strawberries ? 



A, For general purposes over a wide range of country, Glen 

 Mary, Haverland, Splendid, Sample, Clyde, Mammoth and Dun- 

 lop are undoubtedly the best now known. 



Q. Please name several of the best plums. 



A. I prefer the Japanese plums, a new race of fruit that has 

 come to this country recently. They are as productive as cider 

 apples, as pretty as "the best girl" — they come early and medium 

 and late, and they go through a large range of color — Red June, 

 Abundance, Chabot, Burbank, perhaps represent the cream of 

 them. For this cold north country. Hale is highest in quality, 

 Wickson largest and Satsuma best for canning. 



MAINE FRUIT AT THE PAN-AMERICAN EXPO- 

 SITION. 



W. M. MuNSON, Orono. 



Most of you are aware of the history of Maine's Pomological 

 exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition, At the winter meet- 

 ing of the society held at Norway in November last, it was voted 

 to appropriate $250 for the purpose of showing Maine's fruit and 

 later the legislature granted $250 more. So the total sum avail- 

 able for collecting, installing and maintaining and exhibit was 

 $500. With this fact in mind I trust that censure will not be too 

 severe when our exhibit is compareed with that of New York, 

 Missouri or Illinois — especially when it is known that these 

 states provided from $10,000 to $15,000 each for a like purpose. 



The collection of Maine's fruit was begun so late in the season 

 that it was difficult to obtain all of the varieties desired and much 

 of the finest fruit had already been shipped. The officers were 

 therefore compelled, in many cases, to depend upon the open 

 market for their supply and only the late winter varieties were 

 represented. Some of the fruit was too small and poorly colored 

 for exhibition and was rejected; but in general it opened up well 

 and was typical of Maine's commercial orchard product. 



