STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Ill 



"Many au orchard man in this country who is possessor of thou- 

 sands of fruit trees, has received valuable information from others 

 who have only one tree, therefore it is important to have time for 

 discussion so as to swap experience." 



David C. Averill in the town of Wilton, on the high land over- 

 looking a beautiful valley, has an orchard of 800 trees, about 500 

 of which are in bearing condition, though a large part of the trees 

 are young. For the 1891 crop he realized $250 and for the 1892 

 crop 6340. He regards his orchard as the most profitable part of 

 his farm. 



Phineas Whittier of Chesterville has, we think, the largest orchard 

 in Maine. He reports that he has about 6000 trees, with not far 

 from two-thirds of them of bearing age. But of these many are 

 young trees. He is still setting more trees. At la&t accounts he 

 was unable to give the receipts of his orchard, as the inferior 

 apples for 1891 and 1892 were evaporated and canned and sales 

 had not been made. His green fruit is handled entirely by Hall 

 & Cole of Boston, and he says they always do well by him. 



S. H. Dawes of Harrison has a young orchaid of 700 trees, 

 about one-half coming into bearing. In 1891 he sold his apples 

 for $263 and in 1892 for 8450. He writes that his orchard pays 

 him a net profit of fifty per cent on his investment. He also writes 

 that more effort should be made to induce the fruit growers in the 

 State to join our society, participate in our meetings and our fairs, 

 so that the premiums will be more generally diffused then they are 

 now. 



Nestling among the hills in Carthage is an orchard containing 

 1800 young trees, about three-fourths of which are in bearing. It 

 is owned by one of the oldest fruit growers in Maine. A ne'ghbor- 

 ing farm on which the buildings cost $1500 is in the market for 

 $1000, and this farm has quite an orchard, too. The price of this 

 farm may mislead, if we do not state that Mr. Towle sold his 

 apples in 1891 for $818 and in 1892 for $1060. He thinks our 

 society should encourage the planting of nurseries. He writes that 

 putting up his fruit costs him, for barrel thirty cents, picking, sort- 

 ing and putting up, twenty-five cents, delivering at depot, fifteen 

 cents. He adds, "If apples sell well it leaves a fair margin, other- 

 wise the margin is small. If I should undertake to show you the 

 profit of raising stock or farm produce I fear that the cost would 



