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will be so to all your readers living in Northern Maine who accept it. I 

 set dozens of those "■ hardy Maine apples,'' and they are all dead or dying, 

 while my orchard of Tetofsky and Duchess are thrifty, productive and 

 profitable. Yet. I do not advise the setting of Russian apples in Kenne- 

 bec county, or anywhere where the Winthrop Greening, Moses Wood or 

 Fairbanks will succeed. These last named are unquestionably better in 

 quality than any Russian yet known. But for the Aroostook region, and 

 all similar localities, I say set the Russians by all means, but not on crab- 

 stocks. 



T. H. HosiviNS, M. D. 

 Newport, Vt." 



That is the opinion of a man who has had much experience 

 in regard to the question of using crab-stocks for grafting as 

 a means of securing extra hardy trees. Tree agents have 

 been canvassing the State of Maine with good success in 

 making sales of these trees, which he totally condemns. 



C. R. Rice of Whitelield. I hardly see if so great a fraud 

 is being practiced upon the people, why the names of the 

 parties should be withheld from us, and I will call upon you 

 for the name of the nurseryman you have alluded to ; and I 

 would like further to say that the section of country where I 

 reside, has been overrun by parties doing the same thing, 

 viz : swindling the people. They come in this wise : "There 

 is a beautiful crab-apple tree. It* will endure the winter, it 

 is an annual bearer, it is tough and hardy, just what you 

 want," etc., etc., and in this way a great many are buying 

 quite large quantities of these crab-apple trees. I would ask 

 what shall l)e the remedy? Who wonders that people are 

 buying extensively ? They are as a mass ignorant of the real 

 character of the trees they are buying. They often really 

 suppose they are getting a good tree ; just what the agent 

 recommends it to be. It is hardly right to say, "let them 

 find out for themselves in regard to these matters." I think it 

 one of the duties of this Society to enlighten the people of the 

 State in relation to this subject. You see posted all through 

 the State, little papers saying, "Wanted by such a firm, 

 good, reliable, temperate njen, previous experience not neces- 

 sary, to canvass this State." And it is for these very crab- 

 apples. I say, gentlemen, are we going to stand it? or are 



