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never seen any trouble with the apples except that they drop off 

 some; but so far as the bearing of the tree is concerned, I con- 

 sider that it bears very well indeed, and I think it is a superior 

 apple. It will do well on any soil. I have engrafted trees on 

 slaty soils, and in fact on all kinds of soils and with the very best 

 success. 



Mr. L. L. Allen of North Monmouth, submitted the following 

 list as the result of his own experience : 



Apples. — Early Harvest, Sweet Bough, Williams' Favorite, Por- 

 ter, Rock Sweet, Winthrop Greening, Talman's Sweet, Minister, 

 Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russet. 



Pears. — Bartlett, Clapp's Favorite, Seckel, Beurre d' Anjou, 

 Belle Lucrative, Lawrence, Vicar of Winkfield. 



Grapes. — Delaware, Hartford Prolific, Concord, Old Colony, 

 Northern Muscadine, Brighton, Chanipion, Salem. 



The hour for adjournment having arrived, the report of the 

 committee was laid on the table, with the understanding that its 

 consideration should be resumed at the earliest opportunity. 



[The report was subsequently re- committed with instructions 

 to the committee to complete the list in accordance with the action 

 of the Society and their own judgment, for publication in the 

 Transactions.] 



Adjourned. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 



The Society re-assembled at 1| P. M., the President in the 

 chair. The first exercise of the afternoon was an address on the 



The Soil, and its Preparation for an Orchard. 



By N. T. True, M. D , of Bethel. 



Mr. President : — In accordance with my own inclination, and 

 strengthened by your suggestion, I have selected for a theme. 

 The Soil, and its Preparation for an Orchard. 



I need hardly state that the subject which I have selected, lies 

 at the very foundation of all successful cultivation of the apple in 

 the State of Maine. Certainly, my own more extended observa- 

 tion and experience, failures as well as success, thoroughly con- 



