jgQ STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Molher. — Mr. Pope. To bear well it needs high cultivation. 



Mountain Sweet. — Mr, Gilbert. A new variety not extensively 

 disseminated. Originated in this State and promises well. 



Naked Limbed Greening. — Mr. Gilbert. The quality of the 

 fruit is not up to a high standard. 



Peck^s Pleasant. — Mr. Pope. Needs high cultivation. 



President. — Mr. Gilbert. Grown quite extensively in this 

 county. [Androscoggin.] It is very large. The tree is a vigor- 

 ous grower and quite an abundant bearer, but the apple, like all 

 large fruit, is a little inclined to blow off the tree. When it be- 

 comes well ripened the fruit is really very good. It brings a high 

 price in the market on account of its large size. 



Primate. — Mr. Varney. The trees have all proved hardy with 

 me. The fruit is best on dwarf trees. The standards I can't 

 vouch for. It is an excellent apple. Season, summer. 



Ramho. — Mr. Gilbert. Introduced to some extent everywhere. 



Rhode Idand Greening. — Mr. Smith. I think it will grow on 

 more soils in Maine, with good cultivation, than any other tree. 



Mr. Gilbert. I think that remark is strictly applicable. 



Mr. Yarney. Perhaps so, but on some soils it is worthless. 



Mr. Briggs. It is an excellent grower. 



Mr, Smith, The only objection to it is its color. You can 

 grow them as large as these I exhibit here. It is a rich apple. 



Mr, Pope. With us when the trees get of fair size the limbs 

 will be gone with canker. The fruit drops badly, too, in the fall, 

 in the wind, 



Mr. Gilbert. That is true, they drop badly. 



Sweet Russet. — Mr. Gilbert, Here it is a good apple. 



Mr. Smith. Is it inclined to wilt? 



Mr. Gilbert, A little, 



Swaar. — Mr. Gilbert. Isn't it best to put that "best." It 

 has not been tried to any great extent in this State, but in the 

 West it is called one of the best. 



Mr. Sawyer. In the American catalogue it is "best." 



Thompson. — Mr. Gilbert. There is some confusion in relation 

 to the Thompson, Williams' Favorite was sent out by Mr. 

 Thompson, and in Kennebec county in some way it assumed the 

 name of "Thompson," and is extensively known by that name 

 to-day. It is necessary for us to keep the name on our list to 

 distinguished it from the Williams' Favorite from which it is a 

 different apple in all respects. It originated in Mercer, Me, 



