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the convenience and satisfaction of committees and spectators. 

 Perhaps no where in the hall is the benefit of the 



Liberal Feeding of Apple Trees, more noticeable than at this 

 table. Here are specimens of well known varieties excelling 

 others in size, color and flavor ; so that often one is at a loss to 

 determine if he is not mistaken. Then comes the inquiry, " What 

 is the difference?" Feed, feed, is the one answer; manure your 

 trees and get good fruit — starve them and get poor, knotty, hide- 

 bound, scurvy, worthless apples. Why not be liberal in applying 

 dressing to 3'our orchards as well as to your cornfields ? You will 

 surely get your pay for it. The next table embraces a collection 

 from 



Androscoggin County, the exhibitors being Pulsifer Brothers, 

 East Poland ; S. 11. Cole, Lewiston, and Mr. Richardson, Greene ; 

 the table containing seventy-two varieties — not a duplicate among 

 theni — of which the Messrs. Pulsifer contributed fifty-four sorts. 

 This table embraces all the best known and mosfpopular varieties 

 grown in the State with some nice apples of local reputation only, 

 and not described in the books ; among these latter are the Noj'es, 

 which originated in Minot, a very handsome apple, in season with 

 the Nodhead, very salable, equal to Nodhead in size, juicy and 

 crisp ; and the Early Orange, originated in Poland, better than 

 the Porter for cooking, because it is more distinct in flavor, and 

 does not lose its taste in cooking ; hardy and a good bearer. 

 The Messrs. Pulsifer have a young orchard, and have not been 

 prominent exhibitors until within the past few years. Their an- 

 nual crop is 300 barrels, which will be reduced to 100 barrels on 

 account of caterpillar ravages; notwithstanding they kept one 

 man employed for a whole month before the trees leaved out in 

 spring, picking off the clusters of caterpillar's eggs — a job which 

 Mr. Pulsifer says paid well. They make a specialty of growing 

 the Roxbury Russet, Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Talman's 

 Sweet and Black Oxford. Mr. Pulsifer recommends the following 

 as a good variety for Maine growers : — early fall : Sweet Bough, 

 Porter, Early Ilarvcst and Yarmouth Cat Head ; late fall and early 

 winter: Nodhead, Ilubbardston Nonsuch; late keeping sorts: 

 Baldwin, Roxbury Russet, Talman's Sweet. A large number of 

 varieties he regards as very perplexing and unprofitable, and 

 would recommend orchardists to grow for profit, not more than four 

 or five, each, of the fall and winter varieties. At the head of the 



