1254 
Of peaches and nectarines there are 
reported for the state 5,102 trees, of 
which York county has 3,068. 
Of pears there are reported for the 
state 46,683; plums and prunes, 43,561; 
cherries, 2,403, and grapes, 9,731 vines. 
The total number of acres of small 
fruit is 1,260, distributed as follows: 
Strawberries, 698; raspberries and logan- 
berries, 127; blackberries and dewberries, 
145; cranberries, 151. 
Mr. G. M. Twitchell, president of the 
Maine State Pomological Society, says: 
“Maine is a natural apple-growing state 
and trees spring up wild in every local- 
ity. This being so, the first thought with 
the future orchardist will be to avail 
himself of the strength, vitality and en- 
during power of selected native stock. 
If this leads to the establishment of 
nurseries in Maine, a long step will be 
taken towards results now impossible. 
Supplied as the farms through the fruit 
section are so generally with bearing 
trees, I am forced to the conviction that 
before we urge further increase we should 
emphasize better treatment of what we 
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have. The man who fails to care for 
his old trees will never give proper at- 
tention to a new orchard. The steady 
increase of pests and diseases, brought 
here largely on fruit stock, forces atten- 
tion to the trees now standing and their 
protection in every way possible. Be- 
yond this there is call for an organized 
movement to cut down and burn every 
worthless tree or those so situated as 
to be of no earning value. These har- 
boring spots for all pests and disease 
spores must be reduced to the utmost 
that the cost of protection to growing 
orchards may be minimized. It is de- 
sired that this end be reached without 
drastic legislation, but the protection 
must in some way be insured. The de- 
velopment of the industry outweighs the 
wish of any individual and must be the 
sole standard. The apple industry is 
worth to Maine from two to three mil- 
lion dollars yearly. If the trees now 
standing and of bearing age were looked 
after and protected from insect pests and 
diseases, this total would be more than 
doubled.” 
GRANVILLE LOWTHER 
Fruits in Maine 
Small Fruits—1909 and 1899 
The following table shows data with 
regard to small fruits on farms. 
Se etanaaea 
Number Acres 
of farms Quantity 
CROP reporting (quarts) Value 
1909 1909 1899 1909 1909 
Small Fruits, total... 0... cee cece eee eee ere feeeeeereeens 1,260 1,585 2,285,415 $238 , 124 
Strawberries..........+5 Leen cence ten penenweeneeanneer 3,464 698 512 1,626,250 168 , 847 
Blackberries and dewherries cance eee cneeneeeneenetaeeess 1,464 145 123 153,816 §,931 
Raspberries and loganberries............cceeeeeneeenes 1,051 127 131 154,121 20, 657 
18 0 Fn 1,076 80 31 76,031 6,986 
Gooseberried. 0... cece cere cere etree cecseneeeeers 824 59 30 65,867 §, 881 
Cranberries... .. 0. cc sac e cece ec eeeteneees Leveenepenaee 5386 151 90 100, 192 ,957 
Other DerrieS..... 0. cc ccc cee cece truce nese seaeeewees 103 (2) 668 109, 138 6,865 
tAcres reported in small fractions. 
Strawberries are by far the most im- 
portant of the small fruits grown in 
Maine, with raspberries and loganberries 
ranking next, closely followed by black- 
berries and dewberries. The total acre- 
age of small fruits in 1909 was 1,260, and 
in 1899, 1,585, a decrease of 20.5 per cent. 
The production in 1909 was 2,285,000 
quarts, as compared with 1,705,000 quarts 
in 1899, and the value $233,000, as com- 
pared with $158,000. 
Orchard Fruits, Grapes and Nuts— 
1909 and 1899 
The next table presents data with re- 
gard to orchard fruits, grapes and nuts. 
The acreage devoted to these products 
was not ascertained. In comparing one 
