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special care, you would see the proof of the position that every 

 tree should be cared for rather than strength expended in planting 

 new trees ; for a tree that is not cared for will produce little or no 

 fruit, and fruit is what we want, and not trees. The position 

 should be — " Care for the trees you have. If you can care for 

 many, plant many ; if you can care for but few, expend your 

 efforts on a few, and enlarge the fruit." 



The example given of what we may gain by enlarging our fruit, 

 was certainly well put, and the gentleman might have gone fur- 

 ther and said that in increasing the size of an apple from two to 

 three inches in diameter, j'ou not only increase the measuring ca- 

 pacity 237 per cent., but you increase the value as much, and so a 

 large increase in receipts will be obtained over the small fruit. 

 This is especially true of pears. At the first exhibition of this 

 Society, at Bangor, a noted fruit-grower of that section sold a 

 bushel of Flemish Beauty pears, at the close of the exhibition, for 

 $6, though pears were called high at $3. By proper attention it 

 costs no more to grow a bushel of pears at $6.00 than at $3.00, 

 and does not exhaust the productive capacity of the tree so much. 



The idea alluded to in regard to building up round the tree with 

 chip dirt, mulch, earth, &c., is somewhat new. Mr. Smith said, 

 " If you don't believe it, try it." I have learned that we all should 

 be open to conviction, and if new ideas are brought forward by 

 those who have experience, they should be accepted as worthy of 

 trial. 



In relation to varieties, I think there should be some exception 

 taken, when he places the Russet as king. It is so in his locality. 

 In this county it is worthless, while in Monmouth, Winthrop and 

 Manchester it is successful. Those who have attended our exhi- 

 bitions aud seen Mr. Smith's russets, know that he does raise 

 splendid specimens. But the russet is an apple that cannot ac- 

 commodate itself to a variety of soils. All varieties are not so 

 particular about this ; some can accommodate themselves to a 

 great variety of soils. 



Friend Taylor said that he had too many varieties. He may 

 have for his own interest, but for the interest of this Society we 

 know he has not, for the display of his large number of varieties 

 adds greatly to the interest of our exhibitions. Like the frogs in 

 the fable, it may be death to him, but it is fun for us. It is proof 

 of his interest in pomology. Now I know the way it comes about 

 — I see through it all. Take a man who pursues orcharding strict- 



