74 state; pomological society. 



United States, — better keeping, finer grain, different entirely — 

 they don't get ripe here till most winter and they are long keep- 

 ing. Already they have got a reputation in Europe as the best 

 apples that there are. Now what we want to do is to improve 

 the quality all we can. If we can get nice, first-class, long- 

 keeping apples, why the price there is nothing to many 

 people that want the apples. If we can get the apples up to 

 perfection, why I am going to get a good price for them and 

 there is going to be a demand for them all over the civilized 

 world. Already they are shipping them to Germany, shipping 

 them everywhere. Our railroads are handy so we can get right 

 down to the shore, while Western apples have got to come a 

 long distance on the cars. In New York state and Pennsylvania 

 I have seen Baldwins and Greenings rotting on the trees, get 

 ripe and rot right down. Here in this State of Maine they 

 ripen after we pick them and there is where we have the advan- 

 tage. We can keep them. 



CULTURE AND MARKETING OF FRUiTS. 



By Prof. W. M. Munson. 



I have talked to you for ten years about the culture of fruits. 

 Some of you, I have no doubt, are getting a little tired of the 

 same old story. You have heard some of the things that I have 

 been talking about during these years corroborated by many of 

 your local growers during this and previous meetings. You 

 have seen some of the results of culture in New York state and 

 in other states and in the Provinces, as exhibited by the slides 

 which were presented last night. Some of you are aware that 

 for several years past we have been doing something in the way 

 of culture of orchards down in Kennebec county. I have a 

 number of slides which have been prepared within the last few 

 days, illustrating that work, and some of the methods of orchard 

 culture which we recommend. I should be very glad to show 

 these slides to you at this time but that we are without electricity. 

 I shall try and show them to-night, however. So I am not going 

 to take your time this afternoon in talking very much about the 

 culture of fruits. Suffice it to say, you now believe, as I am 



