4 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



and 60,543,000 in 1895. If these figures are correct the apple 

 crop of 1895 in the entire country was larger than that of 1896. 



Correspondents of the New England Homestead, estimated 

 the town of Paris as having 10,000 barrels of apples; Kennebec 

 county 500,000 barrels; Bridgton 10,000 barrels, and York 

 county 125,000 barrels. 



A detailed canvass of the town of Winthrop made by Mr. S. 

 B. Friend found 26,159 barrels of marketable fruit. M. O. 

 Edwards of Monmouth reports about 27,000 in that town, and 

 Mr. F, S. Ricker reports 15,225 barrels in the town of Turner. 



The detailed figures give some idea of the distribution of the 

 product among the growers in Winthrop as follows : 



Less than 100 barrels 186 growers 



Between 100 and 200 barrels 45 " 



Between 200 and 500 barrels . .\ . 39 " 



Between 500 and 800 barrels 6 " 



The four largest growers had about 800 barrels each. In all 

 there were 276 growers, showing that apples are generally 

 grown in town by the farmers. 



In Turner there were: 



Less than 100 barrels 56 growers 



Between 100 and 200 barrels 31 " 



Between 200 and 500 barrels 13 " 



Between 500 and 800 barrels 8 " 



1000 barrels i " 



109 growers in the town who had marketable fruit. 



There are larger growers in other parts of the State, the 

 largest having about 3,000 barrels, while there are several who 

 have 2,000, possibly a dozen others 1,000 to 1,500 barrels each. 

 These towns are probably as good fruit growing towns as any 

 in the State and the extent of the crop here indicates the magni- 

 tude of the industry in the State. 



A larger part of the trees are young, and many have not yet 

 come into bearing. So that we may reasonably expect still 

 larger crops in years to come. 



Of the quality it may be said the State never produced better 

 fruit. Either insects were less in numbers, or the size of the 

 crop made their work less conspicuous. Certainly fungous 

 diseases were less prevalent than in recent years. 



