STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 73 



$110,000. Their object is to eogaoje in orange culture in Florida, 

 A Boston trust company with a paid-up capital of $1,000,000 

 endorses each stock certificate and guarantees the interest for six 

 years at six per cent. In his last annual report the bank examiner 

 says there has been an increase of deposits in our savings banks the 

 past year amounting to $4,000,000. An examination of the list of 

 securities held by these institutions shows that from twenty-five per 

 cent to seventy-five per cent of the deposits or funds of each bank 

 are invested in securities of various kinds beyond our own borders. 

 Would it be possible to divert some of these funds into a Maine 

 fruit growing industry? And is there a trust company in Maine 

 that would be willing to endorse a Maine fruit company's certificate? 

 Without capital such an enterprise cannot be built up, but to my 

 mind the opportunities are excellent for a good and profitable invest- 

 ment in a productive industry, based on a real estate foundation, 

 that can not be stolen away by thieves or consumed by the flames. 



FKUIT RAISING IN AROOSTOOK. 

 By Hon. James Nutting, Ferham. 



The first settlers on the Aroostook river seem to have tried no 

 experiments at fruit raising, but some thirty years ago a few apple 

 seeds were planted on some of the upland farms, but with no results 

 that gave encouragement, as the trees which lived bore no fruit of 

 value. Ten years later the tree peddler made his rounds, and has 

 since made his yearlj^ visits with new and improved varieties, each 

 better than anything yet shown, and perfectly hardy if his story can 

 be believed. Of the various kinds first introduced, the Duchess of 

 Oldenburg (or New Brunswicker), Alexander andFameuse, are still 

 planted, and the first named is a success in every way on lands that 

 are adapted to the raising of any kinds of apples, but the others are 

 not a success, except in a few cases. Some eight years ago the 

 Wealthy was added to the list of perfectly hardy trees, and also the 

 Tetofsky and Montreal Feach apple, and later on the Yellow Trans- 

 parent 



Several years age, Mr. J. W. Dudley of Castle Hill Plantation, 

 raised from the seed of the Duchess a tree which has been named 

 Dudley's Winter, which for hardiness, early bearing and size, equals 



