118 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



JAMES XUTTING. 



After having sewed three years in the War of the Rebellion, 

 James Nutting, in I860, settled in the wilds of Aroostook. Here he 

 cleared the land and made his home in the town of Perham. 

 Before the people of Aroostook supposed they could raise their 

 own apples Mr. Nutting was planting his orchards. Guided by 

 good judgment he selected varieties that were hardy, and then by 

 growing seedlings he succeeded in growing probably the best 

 orchard in northern Aroo-took. This was not all, for he believed 

 in fruit growing, and wherever he went he talked fruit growing to 

 his neighbors and friends, he showed them the fruit he raised and 

 the trees that bore it. Inspired by his example, others planted 

 trees, and largely through his influence there are now many apple 

 trees growing in the county. Mr. Nutting several times exhibited 

 apples at our fairs and winter meetings, and it has been exceed- 

 ingly gratifying to the members of our society to note the progress 

 made, for we have claimed from the first that Aroostook ought and 

 could raise her own fruit. 



In order to determine the value of varieties for Aroostook, 

 under the direction of Prof. Munson of the State Experiment 

 Station, Mr. Nutting was in charge of experimental woi'k for that 

 part of the State, his special work being with apples and plums. 

 Prof. Munson was fortunate io having the work so well placed. 



Mr. Nutting was present at our winter meeting in Augusta in 

 January last, apparently in his usual health. Shortly after our 

 meeting we were shocked to learn of h s death of Bright's disease 

 at his home February 20th. Fro n the Maine Farmer we abridge 

 the following : 



Mr. Nutting was fifty-four years of age, dying on his birthday. 

 He was born in Bethel, and attended the common school ; was 

 apprentice at the printing business to the late Wm. H. Waldron, 

 in the Lewiston Journal ofHce, in 1857, and afterward in the Dem- 

 ocratic Advocate office. Auburn. In 1859 was publi.-her of the 

 Courier at Bethel. Enlisted in the lOth Maine Infantry in August, 

 1862, discharged in 1865, at close of war Irom the 29th Maine, to 

 which he had been tran-f erred. In 1872 purchased the North Star 

 newspaper, which be sold after one and a half years, and has since 

 attended exclusively to farming and fruit raising, with good success. 



