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samples ; Maiden's Blush, Ben Davis, Stone Sweet, Job (?) Kil- 

 ham Hill, Lane, (?) and other well known sorts. Nathaniel Oak, 

 Exeter, was the only other contributor to the Penobscot table. 

 He had a good exhibit of some twenty varieties, among which 

 were the President, Milding — a somewhat well known New Hamp- 

 shire apple worthy of dissemination — Wood's Sweet, Doctor, and 



Upon this table were also shown several smaller county collec- 

 tions, one of the largest of which was that from Waldo county, 

 entered by Mrs. A. B. Strattard of Monroe, which comprises some 

 sixty plates, showing besides the leading hardy sorts, good speci- 

 mens of the Porter, Hubbardston Nonsuch, Maiden's Blush, Kes- 

 wick Codlin, American Golden Russet, Orange Sweet, Yellow 

 Bellflower and Naked Limbed Greening. The latter is supposed to 

 be a native of Waldo county, bears every year, and is one of the 

 best sorts in Maine. Frank E. Nowell, Fairfield, puts in thirty 

 sorts from his orchard for the Somerset collection, noticeable 

 among which are the Baldwin and Northern Spy. Had other 

 growers in southern Somerset done as well, their county collec- 

 tion would have taken high rank. John Hanscom, Saco, put 

 thirty-two varieties into the York county collection, his specimens 

 of the Granite Beauty, Greening, Baldwin, Yellow Bellflower and 

 Bottle Greening, being especially fine. Upon this table are a few 

 plates from 



Aroostook County, worthy of notice — Henry Tilley, Castle 

 Hill, (latitude 46° 40') contributing half a dozen plates, on which 

 are small specimens of Fameuse, Sops of Wine, Hyslop Crab, and 

 an apple which he calls Beauty of Kent, but which is incorrectly 

 named. Columbus Hayford, Maysville, sends specimens of a 

 seedling, which is good till April, but will keep till Juno, and 

 which, we should think, would be esteemed in that section. We 

 are pleased to notice these apples from our high latitude, but be- 

 lieve Aroostook can do much better than she has this time, with a 

 little effort. Milton Dyer, Cape Elizabeth, one of the successful 

 market gardeners of Cumberland county, who lives on the light 

 "table-land" about one mile from Portland Light, and in a 

 somewhat exposed and bleak situation, brought down some 

 twenty-five sorts, just to show what could be done at growing 

 apples on the sea-coast. His specimens were generally small, 

 and not so fair as those grown in some other localities, but of 



