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cent, from Maine and other sources. Canada, Vermont, New Bruns- 

 wick and Connecticut are mentioned as furnishing some. In several 

 counties trees do not prove true to name, and some complaint is 

 made of tree agents. It is gratifying to note that little or no fault 

 is found with the stock grown in the State. 



Fruit growing is successfully carried on in the larger part of the 

 State now settled. In Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Ken- 

 nebec, Knox, Lincoln, Oxford, Penobscot, Sagadahoc, Somerset, 

 Waldo and York counties, the fruit crop is one of the most impor- 

 tant products from the farm. In Androscoggin, Cumberland, 

 Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, York and Penobscot there 

 are numerous individual farmers who are each producing more than 

 100 barrels of apples for the market, and in several cases the past 

 year the quantity has exceeded 1,000 barrels each; and with only 

 one or two exceptions fruit growing is reported as profitable, in 

 many instances paying better than any other farm crop. 



It is a surprise to your committee to learn that there are still many 

 farmers who do not raiss their own apples. So long as this state of 

 affairs continues no one will question that our society has work 

 to do. In some localities there seem to be very good reasons why 

 apples are not raised, but when we know how easily the small fruits 

 are grown in all parts of the State, it is a matter of surprise to learn 

 that less than 10 per cent, of the farmers in Maine [raise enough 

 for their own family use. Near the cities and villages the culture 

 of small fruits for the market is found to be profitable, but it does 

 not appear that the small fruits are sold to any extent away from 

 the local markets. 



APPLES. 



The varieties of apples most profitable in the State are reall}' few, 

 though they are not the same in all the counties. There are several 

 reasons for this ; the most important of which are that the same 

 varieties do not flourish equally well in all parts of the State and 

 the markets for fruit are diflferent. In the larger fruit growing 

 sections the apple crop is either sent to the large cities or shipped 

 to Europe, while as yet the local markets in other parts of the State 

 CiU for all produced in their vicinity. Those found the most profit- 

 able 'are;iBaldwin, R. I. Greening, Roxbury Russet, Hubbardston 

 Nonsuch, King Tompkias, Yellow Bellflower, Nodhead, Northern 

 Spy, Talman's Sweet, Wealthy, Ben Davis, Fameuse, Deane, 



