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more than equal the income. I am satisfied that there is nothing 

 we can raise on our farms in this part of the State that will pay as 

 well as apples." 



D. P. True, Leeds Centre, has 1,000 apple trees on his farm, 

 and about three-fourths of them are bearing fruit. He states that 

 his trees pay him 100 per cent profit, and we would not be surprised 

 if he told the truth, for in 1891 he received $250 for his apples and 

 in 1892, $5o0. He believes it would be an advantage to hold two 

 winter meetings instead of one. 



Fred Wright of Bath has an orchard of 200 trees in which he 

 finds pleasure and profit in cultivating. 



M. W. Libby of North Gorham has a young orchard of 500 

 trets. Only about one third of the trees have begun to bear, but 

 he reports a good crop and has shown nice fruit at our fairs. 



F. E. Nowell, Fairfield, reports that hia King and Spy apples 

 sold for S4.50 per barrel ; Fameuse, $4 ; Nodhead, $».50 ; Bald- 

 win, S3. He has 500 trees set, and 400 bearing. He estimates 

 his orchard seventy-five per cent higher than the rest of his farm. 



E. H. Keniston, Arnold, bought his farm five years ago. The 

 trees were mostly natural fruit, and very wisely he has been work- 

 ing these over to better varieties. Farms containing good orchards 

 may be bought for a low price. 



Joseph H. Smiley, Vassalboro, writes that he has two hundred 

 app'e trees on two and one-half acres of land ; seven-eighths are 

 in bearing; 18P9, 272 barrels, cash receipts $648.10; 1890, 218 

 barrels, $741.12; 1891, 232 barrels, $313.95; 1892, 260 barrels, 

 $529 32. Land is worth from twenty-five to fifty dollars per acre 

 and first-class trevs in bearing from $500 to $800 per acre. I 

 receive more net income from the orchard than I do from the 

 remainder of the farm, which contains fortj'-two acres. The 

 Society can do good work by encouraging the fruit growers to take 

 better care of their trees and not to set more than they can keep 

 in a high state of cultivation. 



Vj. H. Cook of the samf town has 1500 trees and about half of 

 them are in bearing condition. The past two years the receipts 

 from this orchard have been $300 and $450 respectively. Mr. 

 Cook wiites : "Orchard land in this town is worth $20 an acre. I 



