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Jennie E. Litchfield of Winthrop, "Trees are looking healthy, 

 I think we should cultivate our orchards more, and keep the 

 ground stirred lightly on the surface in order to raise good fruit." 



V. P. DeCoster, Buckfield, says : "Fruit is good this year, 

 and that orchards have received better culture this year." 



A. C. Day, South Turner, "Orchards not receiving the atten- 

 tion they ought. The trypeta has done little damage this year. 

 No caterpillars, and trees have made a fine growth." 



W. P. x\therton, Hallowell, "Top dressing and mulching are 

 the cultivation given our orchards. Scab and trypeta are worst 

 enemies, and we cannot beat them. Ravages are extending 

 rapidly. What can we do?" 



H. L. Leland, East Sangerville, "Apples badly scabbed. Some 

 improvement in culture," and adds "Better care, better cultiva- 

 tion or no profit." 



Another orchardist says, "There should be cultivation every 

 season." 



In Aroostook, John W. Dudley, Mapleton, writes : "Quality 

 of fruit is poor, scabby and no color, except Dudley's Winter. 

 Trees have grown fine. Orchards mostly seeded to grass. We 

 have one of the best crops of Dudley's Winter we have ever 

 raised, very large, smooth and well colored." 



Will E. Leland, East Sangerville, "Quality of fruit poor. 

 Scab. Orchards are receiving better care than for several years. 

 Orchards in which a hoed crop has been grown for several 

 seasons in succession are yielding a fair crop." 



E. C. Hay ford, Monmouth, "Some scab on the Fameuse. 

 More plowing and dressing than ever before. I hear consider- 

 able talk of setting plum and peach trees next year." 



R. Alden, Winthrop, "Quality of apples good. Ordinary 

 culture. To make a success of orcharding trees should be culti- 

 vated or enriched by sheep or hogs and sprayed with the Bor- 

 deaux mixture." 



A. S. Ricker, Turner, "Some apple scab and trypeta. Uses 

 commercial fertilizers and hogs. No culture." 



C. Fenderson, Wilton, "Trees have made a good growth this 

 year. Orchards receive fair culture. More care will pay 

 owners of orchards." 



