32 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Tuesday Evening. 



ORCHARDING IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE 

 UNITED STATES ( ILLUSTRATED ).=^- 



By H. P. Gould, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 



"Mr. President; Members of the Maine State Pomological Soci- 

 ety; Ladies and Gentlemen: 



A man would indeed be devoid of all sentiment if he could 

 be in the circumstances in which I find myself tonight and not 

 have a great many fond recollections come to his mind. 

 Though I have not been a resident of the State of Maine for 

 quite a good many years, a good deal more than half of my 

 life has been spent in this State, and I have been coming back 

 once a year for all this time that I have been absent to see just 

 a little of my people who still live in the State. It makes it 

 doubly pleasant when I can be greeted by some of my old 

 teachers as I was just a few moments ago. 



The course which I will try to take you over tonight will be 

 presented in views showing some typical orchards and some 

 typical orchard methods in various representative fruit-growing 

 regions of the United States. The views are not in all cases 

 quite as representative as I would like to have them, but still 

 perhaps they may not be without some interest. A few views 

 will be suggestive, I hope, with reference to practical orchard 

 management. 



The matter of atmospheric drainage has been a good deal 

 emphasized in much of the horticultural literature during the 

 past few years. It has not been over-emphasized, however, 

 because atmospheric drainage is one of the most important 



* Condensed and revised by Mr. Gould for publication from sten- 

 ographer's notes. 



