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The questions I would ask are in regard to sweet apples. King 

 Sweeting is with me good enough in qualit}', for a very short time, 

 but bears only every other year, and is rather tender. Early Sweet 

 Bough is good, but not a heavy bearer. St. Johnsbury Sweet not 

 quite as good and a poor keeper. Garden Royal might pass for a 

 sweet apple, but is not a constant bearer. Talman is fairly pro- 

 ductive and a good keeper, but requires to be baked before it has a 

 good flavor. Have not yet myself tried the Harvey Sweet, but in- 

 tend to do so and hope to find that one a good sort. Do you know 

 of any earlier and later sorts which are of good quality to eat raw 

 and good bearers? I would be glad to have some one answer these 

 questions. 



I came near forgetting to answer one of your questions. You 

 ask me how far north of here our leading apples grow. Sixteen 

 3'ears ago I grafted some trees seen along the road to Presque Isle. 

 I have not been there since, nor have I heard from man}' of them. 

 I have, however, learned that they have fruited at Presque Isle and 

 have kept till June, but are too tender to be of much account. I 

 saw some very nice ones at Calais, said to have come from Houlton 

 — too ripe to keep longer than an early winter apple, which is about 

 what they have, averaging in keeping qualities till about March. 



Henry A. Sprague. 

 Charlotte. 



YOEK COUNTY. 



My knowledge is confined to a few of the northern towns of this 

 county ; but, as these are all well adapted to fruit culture, what I ma}' 

 sa3' may perhaps apph' to the county as a whole. In answer to 

 3"Our first question : "What is the leading apple grown in 3'our 

 county?" I would sa}^ the Baldwin is a long way ahead, and is 

 gaining in popularity, on account of its excellent qualities as a ship- 

 ping apple. Shippers prefer it to any other. It is also as produc- 

 tive as any and more so than many kinds. Other profitable and 

 leading varieties are Sweet Bough, Red Astrachan, Williams, Porter, 

 Nodhead, Pound Sweet, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Rhode Island 

 Greening and Roxbury Russet. Many other kinds are raised and 

 have more or less of merit, as Cole's Quince, Golden Sweet, Graven- 

 stein, Mother, Benoni, Foundling, Talman Sweet, Duchess of Olden- 

 burgh, Snow, King and Golden Russet. Many new varieties are 

 being palmed off' on the farmers by tree agents, they claiming great 



