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that one winter of 1906-1907. We had about a thousand or- 

 chards inspected and from examinations made under all con- 

 ditions of slope, drainage, and soil conditions, we found that 

 the Northern Spy and the Tolman Sweeting were the two vari- 

 eties that stood up the best under all conditions. Since then 

 we have been working along those lines and preaching the use 

 of either the Spy or the Tolman for a stock for Maine. This 

 orchard has been removed. There were just one or two trees 

 that lived out that season — an orchard of good bearing age 

 and productive. 



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This slide shows a tree affected by canker, the picture taken 

 a short time ago. It would have been in full foliage if it had 

 been in a healthy condition. I took the picture in the month 

 of September and you can see very scanty foliage. It is a 

 type of one of those neglected trees which since that winter has 

 been gradually dying, but if it had been treated properly it 

 would be in a flourishing condition at the present time. 



This represents one of the Gregory orchards, one out of about 

 two hundred registered orchards under what we call the Greg- 

 ory offer. This represents a portion of a lot of twenty-seven 

 acres set by one man this year; he is standing by the side of 

 the tree you see in the foreground. On each side is a culti- 

 vated section where he is raising on one side potatoes, on the 

 other, beans ; the section following is corn, next buckwheat. 

 When I was there to inspect, this was the condition — two teams 

 ploughing in the buckwheat that stood up to your knees, a dense 

 growth. This view shows some of the nursery stock purchased 

 for ]\'Iaine. We have been trying to cut out such poor nursery 

 stock and we have succeeded this year in eliminating one nur- 

 sery that sold at least 10,000 trees last spring here in Maine. 

 This nursery cannot secure another agent in Maine because our 

 agents have to be licensed. We received word the other day 

 from this agent who sold these trees, asking for a renewal, and 

 we wrote him that under the circumstances we could not grant 

 him a license. This same company has been doing business in 

 New York State for thirty-five years. 



This represents a nursery of one year whips as we call them. 

 Much of the nursery stock comes from France, and is budded 

 the first season. This shows the result of the one year's growth^ 



