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the spring. I spent two weeks with my boys taking out the 

 rocks ; another spring I am going to plant the trees, and if I live 

 long enough to see them grow, I shall graft them. But let us 

 remember above all other things iu connection with fruit growing, 

 that we must not let our trees starve to death. 



Mr. Metcalf. You see that Dr. True is prepared to defend 

 himself and what he has presented, anJ I have found him dui-ing 

 ray acquaintance with him to be pretty correct and generally able 

 to prove his assertions. 



^Ir. Howard. I would advise every man to try to raise some 

 fruit, if nothing more than enough for his family, but the raising 

 of fruit in connection with farming must be upon the consideration 

 that it will pay well. When we look into the subject fully we 

 shall see that we must raise it upon a system less expensive than 

 that mentioned by Dr. True. 



Dr. True. What did you get for apples last year ? 



Mr. IIowARD. I did not have many apples. 



The President. Gentlemen, do not let us be frightened at the 

 production of apples in the West ; do not let that intimidate you 

 or keep you from planting trees. To-day such apples as you see 

 before you will bring in the market $3.00 a barrel, if sold rightly, 

 and car load after car load of apples from the West have been 

 sold for $1.50 a barrel, while some of them sold as low as $1.00 

 and some as high as $2.50. A gentleman whom I recollect, sold 

 six hundred bushels of apples as fast as he could label the barrels 

 for $3.00 a barrel. Don't be frightened by the Western fruits ; it 

 is a blessing that we have them iu such a fall and winter as this. 

 We should be almost destitute of fruit to-day had it not been for 

 the supply that we received from abroad at low prices ; while 

 such fruit as you see before you is bringing a liberal price. 



Mr. Carr. It seems to me that this subject has not been fairly 

 treated this afternoon. There has been considerable discussion as 

 to whether a cord of manure is too much for a tree. 1 do not 

 think it is, — and where is the man who does think so ? Mr. Smith 

 has told us that he moved from Winthrop, from a farm on which 

 there is an orchard which I consider to be a very fine one indeed, 

 and I do not know what induced him to leave it. My friend from 

 Winthrop, the President of the West Winthrop Farmers' Club, 

 has told us plainly that he was no orchardist, which may be true, 

 but he can raise good stock and is a good farmer. The gentleman 

 from Uallowell has told us what he and his brother have done 



