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Excerpt from Transaction of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1893: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting, Held in Union, December 5th and 6th, 1893 Of the general conditions of fruit culture in the State it is gratify ing to note that among land owners there has been the past year an unusual interest in all that appertains to the science and art of raising fruit. There has been a wide-spread call for information on fruit matters, and uniformly when public meetings have been held they have been largely attended by people in search of knowl edge. At the public meetings during the fair the Varieties of Small Fruits Best Adapted to the State was the general subject under consideration, and it awakened great interest. At the meet ing of the executive committee held in Winthrop great interest was 'shown both in orcharding and small fruits. The State Board of Agriculture at the farmers' institutes. In answer to numerous calls, finds attentive and eager listeners when fruit matters receive con sideration. Again the last legislature in answer to our request for an increased stipend, without the slightest Objection unanimously doubled the appropriation. These are but a few of the indications of the wide-spread interest which people have in the industry. The apple crop was a small one, probably not over fifty per cent of an average Of the causes that brought this about we are in doubt The blossom was not heavy, and the worms were never more abundant. Then in some parts of the State there were sev eral hail storms, and the disaster of the August rain and wind storm was widespread. Fortunately there were many who had the wisdom to make the most of the misfortune, and following the example of one large orchardist, fed the windfalls to the cows. The farmer's wife said, as they couldn't sell the apples, they just; put them where they could get more cream. When the harvest came a large percentage of the apples were wormy or bruised, but at the same time it should not be overlooked that the farmers have received a good sum of money for their apples even this year. The apples helped out in many cases where the other crops were short. One Franklin county orchardist made a price of $6 per barrel for his No. 1's and $3 for his No. 2's, and the apples were sold. The grower said he might have had a little more if he had held a little longer. He was well satisfied, however, for he got his price. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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