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of sending it abroad b}" the thousands of dollars, to enrich some one 

 else. It is no use to say that our climate is unpropitious and that 

 our soil is too hard and rock}' ; in realit}' it is not ; but suppose it 

 is, that is just where you want to tr}' the trees — under unfavorable 

 circumstances ; and if they prove hardy and succeed there, then 

 they will prove hard}' and succeed when transplanted. Do you say 

 it is the Baldwin, principally, that is wanted, and it is no use to 

 graft or bud this variety in the nursery' ? I answer, this is true of 

 the middle and southern sections of our State in regard to what is 

 wanted, but I am not sure that this variety has ever been tested as 

 thoroughly and understandingly as it might have been. I do believe 

 that if this variety' was tested on the right kind of soil, rich, grav- 

 elly loams, on moderately high elevations, and under the most favor- 

 able circumstances of drainage and protection, the results would be 

 successful. At any rate, thousands' of good, hardy seedlings might 

 be produced, of proper height and shape to fill the market, while the 

 matter of standard Baldwins in the nursery was being tested in a ^ 

 small way. 



If Dr. Hoskins can be successful in raising fruit trees in the high 

 elevations of Northern Vermont, and F. Sharpe & Son successful 

 in producing hundreds of thousands of trees still farther north 

 (though less in elevation), in Woodstock, N. B., wh}' may not 

 Maine nurserymen raise all the trees we want? The banks of the 

 Androscoggin, the Kennebec and the Penobscot are just as well 

 adapted to the business as the banks of the St. John or the regions 

 around Lake Memphremagog. And if the middle and southern 

 portions of our State have not suitable locations to raise those 

 varieties adapted to the Aroostook and other northern counties, then 

 there is plenty of land in Northern Aroostook well suited to the pur- 

 pose. Then let some active, enterprising young man or company 

 of men take up land there in the right place and go right into tlie 

 business with the determination to succeed, and I believe their for- 

 tunes could be made. There is a growing demand for apple trees 

 in Aroostook. Only a few days ago a prominent man from that 

 section expressed to me his intention of setting out, the coming 

 spring, one thousand trees on his farm, and he supposed he would 

 have to send out of the State for them, as he knew not where he 

 could obtain them within our borders. 



Finall}', let me point out briefly some of the many things required 

 to be a successful nurseryman here in Maine. The most important 



