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the Duchess, and is a good keeper till late winter or spring. So 

 that we now have the following list : Early fall, the Yellow Trans- 

 parent ; then the Duchess and Tetofsky, and Peach, which will keep 

 till early winter ; then the Wealthy from January till spring, and 

 later the Dudley for late winter. 



My own experience is as follows: In 1877 I planted out an 

 orchard of one huadred trees, raised at Woodstock, N. B., seventy- 

 three of which were Duchess, of wbich seventy were in bearing; last 

 season, giving an average of a barrel apiece. These trees were 

 planted twelve feet apart, and are now beginning to crowd badly, 

 but have not failed to yield abundantly each 3^ear. The other kinds, 

 Alexander and Fameuse, and some other sorts, are not doing as 

 well, but are doing something. In 1885, I set out one hundred 

 Wealthys, which have lived well and are bearing abundantly. I 

 have since planted out some five hundred trees of the same 

 variety, which are coming into bearing and promise well. The fol- 

 lowing kinds I have tried and consider worthless : Peabody, Green- 

 ing, Red Astrachan, Pewaukee, Mcintosh Red, Haas, Gideon, 

 Mann, Early Russian, Talman Sweet, and several others that are 

 recommended as hardy. I am experimenting with the Red Betin- 

 heimer, Scott's Winter, Bloom, and several other varieties which 

 appear hardy, but have not yet commenced bearing. No sweet 

 apple that has yet been proven as good, is on my list, but some of 

 indifferent quality (seedlings) have been set out. A good keeping 

 sweet apple is about all that is now very desirable, and I hope to yet 

 find it in the seedlings being raised in this section. For a crab apple 

 the Hyslop for canning, and the Lady Elgin and Lancaster for 

 dessert, are all that have proven a success. Plum raising is receiv- 

 ing a great deal of attention at present in the Aroostook Valley, with 

 every sign of success. The Moore's Arctic, which originated at 

 Ashland, on the Aroostook river, being the favorite, but the tree 

 requires laying down in the fall to do well. This is not an expen- 

 sive job, and the tree is a great bearer. Of the small fruits none but 

 the strawberry is successfully cultivated, and if the projected rail- 

 road from Bangor to the Aroostook is built, I think a profitable 

 business could be done raising strawberries for the late Boston 

 market. 



As to a market for apples, the fact that the valley of the Aroos- 

 took is as far north as there is any attempt at orcharding, and that 

 there are 20,000 people in the St. John Valley to be supplied, is 

 answer enough. 



