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the first vineyard, together with other fruits, near the 

 mouth of the Piscataqua river, now Portsmouth. There 

 are many such old horticultural landmarks. 



The native fruits are only too abundant in the state 

 at the present time. The old idea that the destination 

 of the apple was the cider barrel got so strong a foot- 

 hold in some sections that, as the virgin soils began t.i 



New Hampshire, with three cultural 



<liM'line and the wheat crop and its associates in agr 

 cultural operations moved on to the West, it was nt 

 thought worth while to adopt modem methods of fruii 

 growing. In other sections, however, quite the revers 

 is true, as there are signs of awakening at later date; 

 Some towns are noted for their large areas of old oi 

 chards still in bearing but rapidly declining. 



town where fnn 

 been shippeil i' 

 nearly run oni 

 old trees is. it 

 land. CorapHiii 

 this section, an 

 the result of or 

 tions ago. 



In some places grafting the native apple trees to 

 Baldwins or the improved fruits has been very exten- 

 sively practiced, with good results. Where this has 

 been done, however, the trees are now old, and as cul- 



I barrels of apples have 

 - - 11. the industry has now 

 111 hand containing these 

 I'ii twice as much as other 

 > iH « trees have been set in 

 luu.l that the whole industry is 

 interest and labor two genera- 



tivatiou and re 



been practiced. 



While thesi . 



theless show . 



of orchards have scarcely i 



Tintnrnlly On the decline. 



I iM'f flattering, they never- 



'iwreome in the future. 



■ r what a quantity of fruit 



is raised in fa., iii li -i i-..u>, and this goes to show 



that under infi-liigi-nt and progressive management 



success will be assured. 



At present the horticultural interests are gradually 



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being better understood, and the trend has begun in 

 the right direction. There are many things accountable 

 for this awakening. The pfoiili- .-m- i'..iiiiiig to n-alize 

 that there are newer and biitir HMtlm.U. and that the 

 new agriculture stands f^ir iiiiit>' iui-inr^- ami cniTf^w 



The development of this (■..ihliii"ii i- r m- through 



the efforts of the grant,^'. . \|..rinH!ii stations, the 

 agricultural press, State i;. ii.i ..i \ ^ i i.ulture, and 

 agricultural teaching in >t:i - all of which 



have in the main the same -i 



Here and there young onliu .i- an I., m- set. and the 

 predictions are that the m-ar future will find New 

 Hampshire as one of the best fruit states. The Bald- 

 win apple is the standard variety throughout the south- 

 ern part of the state. In the northern part of the state 



try. A list of apples adapted to the northern 

 iif the state, named in order of their ripening, as 

 shed by Mr. J. D. Howe, of Lancaster, a large 



-n.w.-r, is as follows : Yc-]l.,w Trausp.-.rent, Tetof- 



Pears and plums do very well l- i i - 1. ut 



the state. Peaches do fairly well in i ■ : . ■ ■ i art. 



Ouring 1897 and 1898 there was a m i . in.. :. ; I In- 

 varieties of greatest value are Mountain ];. -. an.l liaiiv 

 Crawfiird. Small fruits generally an- .asily yr.iwn iii 



'i'lii. wild grapes found quite commonly on the stone 

 walls and hedges in the southern part of the state are 

 not the native varieties, but wildings showing indica- 

 tions of I'itis vinifera blood. Many of them are very 

 palatable and valuable. 



New Hampshire has many advantages for horticul- 

 tural work. The markets are usually good and within 

 • asy aiMPss ; and the great numberof summer boarders 

 al-.. makes a ready market. It is also within easy 

 n a. h of exporting stations, which in seasons of large 

 crup.s is an advantage. p. wm. Rane. 



New Hampshire is a small state, and may well be 

 called a land of horticultural possibilities rather than 

 achievement. With some of the best markets in the 

 country within a day's journey, and the rapid extension 

 of electric railroads, both in mileage and usefulness, 

 there seems no good reason why all the hardier kinds 

 of fruit may not be raised at a profit. 



The southern half of the state is hillv but can hardly 

 be called mountainous. Thnni^li it inn s, veral fertile 

 valleys with excellent opiHirinnii n- f..i uardeuing and 

 smali-fruit raising. The ui.I.umU |.i...!n.. apides of tine 

 quality even under the pn-s. nt system ..f neglect, and 

 it would seem that in this whole region conin ercial 

 horticulture must become more and more profitable and 

 popular, as improved methods of culture are adopted. 



The White Mountains cover the greater part of the 

 northern half of the state; here, the . ntcrtainnu nt of 

 tourists and visitors in summer, and Inniti'-riiiL' in win- 

 ter will probably continue to be the li ailiin.' imln-irics, 

 unless rational methods of forest inana^n n.cnt air too 

 long postponed. 



It is recorded that a vineyard and other fruits were 

 set out on the eastern coast of New Hampshire as early 

 as 1623. Doubtless much of this succumbed to the 

 severity of the long winters, and it is the apple alone 

 that stands out preeminent in horticultural history as 

 the fruit of the Granite State. Many of the early set 

 tiers came from the southwestern counties of England. 

 To them cider and perry seemed almost as necessary 

 as food, and very snnn after tlnir arrival tliev began to 

 set orchards of ap].'. 'I i. -- ii... [.articular ob- 

 ject was not the ii . lases made 

 from it. The foil.. — i : ne of the 



of the apple ind;i 



