74 STATE POMOLOQICAL SOCIETY, 



COMMITTEE ON NEW FRUITS. 



Mr. Gilbert. There is one matter which I wish to present 

 to the attention of the Societ}'. The Society is aware that we have 

 frequently- presented to our notice, new varieties of fruit ; the}' are 

 offered for sale to purchasers of trees, and generally high prices are 

 charged, with recommendations in proportion to the price asked ; 

 and on the supposition of their superiorit}-, many of our fruit 

 growers have bought largel}- and found themselves encumbered with 

 trees of little value. It has occurred to me that it might be well for 

 the Societ}- to keep a watch of these things, with a view of making 

 itself a medium for the communication of reliable information with 

 regard to them, so that purchasers might have some reliable source 

 of information. I would move that a committee be appointed and 

 charged with the duties of looking after the matter of new fruits, 

 seeking for information and availing themselves of all sources within 

 their reach to obtain that information, and to report, at the next 

 annual meeting, the results of their researches. I am certain that 

 we are to have an avalanche of new varieties pressed into notice 

 within the near future. Our present dut}' is to forelay by securing 

 such information as we can with regard to them. 



The motion of Mr. Gilbert was adopted, and Messrs. S. L. 

 Boardman and W. P. Atherton were appointed as said committee. 



POMOLOQICAL NOTES AND REMINISCENCES. 

 By Calvin Chamberlain, of Foxcroft, in a Letter to H. L. Leland. 



"We here [Piscataquis county] occupy- a middle-ground between 

 the southern portion of Maine and the most of New England on 

 one side, and that of the extreme north of Vermont, New Hamp- 

 shire, Aroostook county and the contiguous Province of New 

 Brunswick on the other. On the one side, our friends glorify the 

 Baldwin and the Russets, and class the luscious Nodhead and Hub- 

 bardston Nonsuch as autumn and early winter fruits ; on the other 

 and colder side, they talk of Iron-Clads, and are laying the whole 

 Northern Hemisphere under contribution for a moderate list to make 

 home life tolerable in that region. With us, the Baldwin at its 

 best, on our hills, is a fair cooking apple ; in the valle3-s it has no 

 place. The Nodhead and Hubbardston Nonsuch, as representatives 



