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it that there are not, consequently these farmers send their orders 

 abroad. If seedling trees were all we wanted, we could readily 

 obtain them in our own State, but' most people are not willing 

 to wait long enough for seedling trees to be transplanted and 

 rooted, and afterwards grafted. They prefer those that are already 

 grafted, and which after being transplanted, can become rooted 

 and grow, and produce fruit sooner. Therefore, they send their 

 orders to those who can supply them. 



To the question, then, " Shall Maine grow her own fruit trees V 

 I say, " Yes, if she can." If our soil is adapted to it ; if men 

 have the time and capital, either individually or collectively, then 

 let them do so, and if they can supply the demand, no money, I 

 will venture to say. will go abroad for trees. 



Mr, A. proceeded to state in detail his experience in the pur- 

 chase and cultivation of New York trees. He has over four 

 hundred of them, planted at different times within the last six 

 years. Has been very successful with them ; they were not, how- 

 ever, the root-grafted trees. Some of them had not proved true 

 to name. 



Hon. D. H. Thing, of Mt. Vernon, made some very entertaining 

 and instructive remarks, not particularly in reference to the point 

 under discussion, but upon the vitality of our old seedling trees, 

 and the want of it in nursery grown trees. In regard to the 

 question under consideration, he thought so long as no reciprocity 

 treaty was needed to enable them to purchase trees in New York, 

 our farmers would do so, if they could get better trees there and 

 at a cheaper rate than in our own State. He also spoke of the 

 general failure of the western trees which had been planted in 

 his own town, and concluded by saying, the only way for Maine 

 nurserymen to sell their trees is to make them better, and make 

 the people believe them better than others 



Mr. Sawyer. I understand it to be the object of this Society 

 now, to make such recommendations to the people of this State as 

 they may feel safe in following. The determination we give to 

 the question before us, we expect to have some influence with the 

 people of the State, else our work amounts to but little. It seems 

 to me that we should consider well the question before us, and 

 give it a right answer. 



W. C. Crosby, of Bangor. Thus far the discussion seems to 

 have been, whether the State of Maine shall grow its own apple 



