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varieties, all choice specimens. Daniel Ayer of the same town 

 shows eleven plates, among them elegant specimens of the Starkey, 

 a Vassalboro' apple of high character; fine Talman's Sweets and 

 King of Tompkins County, with good specimens of the Twenty 

 Ounce, Wagener, and Queen Vic — about which we know little. 

 J. S. Weeks also of the same town, has a few lots, and F. W. 

 Runnells, Clinton, shows eighteen varieties, some of which are 

 fine looking apples, but his collection is wanting in value though 

 not in interest, because so few of the sorts have names attached. 

 And when apples get " skiting off," how hard it is, even for ex- 

 perts to identify them and bring them back to their proper places. 

 Many of his esteemed varieties could not be identified, and will 

 probably pass on down the mouths of future hungry children, 

 with their true names unknown. The remainder of this table, 

 comprising in fact nearly all of it, is taken up with the 



Lincoln County Collection, which carries away the palm for 

 the largest collection, having one hundred and sixteen plates and 

 over one hundred distinct varieties. This collection was made up 

 by Mr. Sawyer, the Secretary of the Society, and was contributed 

 to by John Currier and 11. J. A. Simmons of Waldoboro', L. II. 

 Winslow, Nobleboro'; D. C. Pottle, Alna ; G. B. Sawyer, Henry 

 Ingalls, J. M. Knight, Dr. S. B. Cushraan and Arnold Greenleaf 

 of Wiscasset, and others. The latter gentleman sent a specimen 

 of a sweet apple about which we should like more information. It 

 is a red showy apple, one of the handsomest in the hall, and al- 

 though in fair eating now, will keep to the last of November. Mr. 

 Currier made a specialty of sweet apples, of which he shew seven 

 or eight sorts. Mr. Pottle contributed twelve varieties. Mr. 

 Simmons nineteen, and Mr. Knight ten. We cannot help think- 

 ing, looking at these one hundred distinct varieties, and remem- 

 bering that our most experienced cultivators tell orchardists to 

 grow but few sorts, and make a specialty of them, whether the 

 Society could do better than to discontinue all efforts towards en- 

 couraging the showing of the greatest number of varieties, and 

 give larger premiums to a smaller number of select sorts. Turn- 

 ing to the left we come to the last, or sixth table, where Mr. S. C. 

 Harlow of Bangor, leads off the 



Penobscot Collection, with fifty varieties— <:a fine exhibit. 

 Among them are the Beauty of Kent — a very showy apple ; Al- 

 exander, another large and showy sort ; Northern Spy, very fine 



