134 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



PEXOBSCOT COUNTY. 



Here in Bangor, although tlie grafting of thrift}' young trees at 

 the ground with Baldwins or Roxbury Russets often results in win- 

 ter killing the first winter, yet grafting in the limbs proves a perfect 

 success, and I shall re-graft man}- of my early apples to Baldwins 

 and Northern Spies. 



As to the northerly limit of the Baldwins, fair specimens of that 

 and the Greening are raised in the northerly tier of towns in this 

 county — twenty miles north of this cit}' — viz : Bradford, Charleston, 

 Garland and Dexter. Crossing the count}' line to Sangerville and 

 Dover, Baldwins are still found in limited numbers, and extend to 

 Foxcroft, the I'esidence of our venerable and successful pomologist, 

 Calvin Chamberlain, Esq., who speaks of the Baldwin in his local- 

 it}- as being more suitable for cooking than eating, which statement 

 can be fully appreciated l\v comparing one of these with one raised 

 in the southerly part of the vState. 



As to the other standard varieties, I cannot think of any in the 

 Society list, but are raised in towns north of Bangor — the Hub- 

 bardston Nonesuch even being raised b}- Mr. Chamberlain for a 

 leading variety. Several orchardists agree with me in the order 

 named : Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Yellow Bellflower, Duch- 

 ess, Red Astrachan and Talman Sweet; also many Northern Spies, 

 Porters, Pearmains, Gravensteins and King Sweets. 



The other fruits beside apples are standard pears of the best 

 varieties, the number increasing 3'earl3' ; plums and cherries, the 

 latter largely reduced by black knot. Many young plums are set 

 annuall}', also strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, grapes and 

 currants. The old bushes of the last named have been largely des- 

 troyed b}' the currant worm and neglect of cultivation. 



In answering the question, "Does climate or soil affect our fruit 

 most?" I will say that although fruit in our count}' is no excep- 

 tion to the general law of combined influences produced by both 

 climate and soil, and notwithstanding our variety of soils, compris- 

 ing gravelly, sandy, loamy and clayey, the soils are generally adapted 

 to our varieties of fruits ; and my opinion is that the effects of 

 climate predominate over those of soil in its influence on fruit in our 

 county. As to what determines varieties, climate or soil, the supe- 

 rior quality of the Roxbury Russet grown in the vicinit}- of Mon- 



