NEWSPAPER BULLETINS PUBLISHED IN 1904. 

 Chas. D. Woods. 



Whenever there is a matter of importance which we wish to 

 bring promptly to the attention of the people of the State, we 

 make as clear and concise a statement as possible in the style and 

 type of a newspaper column and mail it as a "Special News- 

 paper Bulletin" to all the press on the Station exchange mailing 

 list. These newspaper bulletins are quite generally printed by 

 the papers, and the Station is under obligations to the press for 

 this opportunity of specially and promptly being put in touch 

 with the people. 



During the year the Station has issued several special news- 

 paper bulletins on miscellaneous subjects. The subject matter 

 of five of the newspaper bulletins has not appeared in any of the 

 regular bulletins of the Station and are therefore here reprinted 

 as a matter of permanent record. 



RE-TOPPING SWEET APPLE TREES. 



A correspondent recently sent to the Maine Agricultural 

 Experiment Station the following questions which were 

 answered by Professor W. M. Munson as below : 



"Can sweet apple trees be successfully grafted? Will it pay 

 to re-top a large sweet apple tree, a foot or more in diameter? 

 Should an orchard of 100 trees be all of one variety?" 



It is very doubtful if the flavor of the fruit has any relation 

 to the value of a given tree for purposes of grafting. Tolman 

 Sweet is often used as a basis for top-working. 



Apple trees up to a foot in diameter may be top-worked if 

 unsatisfactory. Care, however, should be used that too much 

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