Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-09-27
STATE. FAIR.
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dozan rar;s.: 'pe Oh Manchester, eyi,ibits .
TO bnsv ~ LII Vi standard apples He wa,
we have about 900 annIa -, iie says,
specially Of that in farming ON, MAKE AZ
resi- OF The farm for the benefit Of ,ha ,- .''s
Last year we raised . 1000 bushels VIII, -,
ior aoout $1,000. This wear we viii 80. ao'u
ha,' .ioP' PROBABLY about 700 bushels. We
nave got our orchard round so ,ba, !, -
Ihe qua year when apples are scarce and b;'ri,
III muichIng and manuring. we hava -,
careful 10 feed the trees the year before tho
year we desired crop, so as to secure a do
'elopment of fruit buds We
o. "rahviile Fernald of Harrison. ha. abo,.
9po apple trees. occupying five acres of land
nc says have small nursery and rpise
LIS" liz. vi my trees. transplant some as seed
iin2s and graft in the orchard and Ctr
graft before transplanting. with about eopaI
success either way, when the TRANSATLANTIC i.
wen Done The average time of the trees
coming into bearing from the time of sov;pg
the SEED Is about six or eight wears. when the
trees grow well. The Northern Spy. how.
ever; Is hardy bearer and does not come
into bearing for eight or ten years after trans.
painting young orchard of Baldwins. old
enough to bear, is worth $500 per acre, con-
sisting of fifty trees
II. D. A. Simmons of Waldoboro'. makes n
very large exhibit of seventy varieties of an
pies, which certainly include all that could
De needed by one grower.
Alfred Smith of Monmouth, exhibits sam
pres Vi ms nursery trees, showing growth
OF Tour feet of ciOns set last spring
In regard to what are the best varieties of
fruit for winter, there is not much difference
OF opinion apparent among the exhibitors. In
the competition for the premiums offered for
the 1all and winter varieties, some of the ey
hibItors present the X. l. greening. Roxbury
russell. Baldwin, Northern Spy and King
Tompkins. Others include the yellow Bell
flower. yellow sweet, Hubbardston Nonesuch
instead of some of those previously men
toned. In regard TO the best fall varieties,
the Farmers Gravenstein, Porter, Nodhead.
and winthrop greening, are prominently
mentioned.
X. II. Gardiner, of Oakland. Gardiner.
has 36 varieties of apples and six of pears
on exhibition, which include some very fine
specimens. Mr.. Gardiner has 800 Belle
flower trees. In place of every tree he loses
he sets Bellefower to take its place. He
cannot sell any of his other winter apples
Baldwins or Russets, until the Belefowers
are all gone The Bellefiower bears every
year, and bears well. He saws: | have one
of the Belletlower trees in my garden upon
which can depend for about seven barrels
every year. Some years it bears five barrels
and others nine barrels. | believe there is
nothing which it pays better to manure than
it does apple trees. | have been very SUE
cessful in using paper mill sweepings for top
dressing my trees, but usually use barn yard
manure to mulch through summer and then
spread it the fall. | wish you could see
some of my young Belefower trees this
year. Some of them have sixteen props an
der them to keep the branches from breaking
from the weight of fruit. Last year l had
some of these apples which were thirteen
inches in circumtrance. | raise great
many of my young trees | am sick of buy
ing those Rochester, n. Y. trees. | have
bought a great many of them, but have not
succeeded in saving one in ten. This year
| set quite number of trees and grated at
the same time, but have lost perhaps ten
per cent of Them this having been a severe
season on account of the drouth, yet | be-
lieve that is good method to practice. l
think our native trees are much better than
the New York trees, which are raised on rich
soil and when set in our poor soil do not do
we'll | have about 700 trees in all. and they
are set thirty feet apart each way. My young
orchard of Bellef!owers which is bearing so
heavily, | plowed last fall and MANFRED it
heavily, and shall manure heavily again this
fall and lay it down to grass, and think they
will bear well good many years. l think
orcharding pays well when the trees are
cared for, by watching the borers and pro-
tecting the trees from the mice. | put a
piece of old stove pipe around the trunk OF
the tress to keep off the mice.
The Display OF Pears.
The display of pears is quite large. of su-
perior quality, and very tempting to look
upon. Samuel Rolfe of Portland is the
largest exhibitor of pears, having 81 varie-
ties. including very fine specimens of all the
most important kinds. Alfred Smith makes
a fine display of eighteen varieties; ID. =.
True of Leeds, and Joseph Taylor of Bel
grade each have seven varieties.
The Display of Grapes
is one of the best ever made at State Fair.
Pomoios ical Society Officers.
The annual meeting of the Pathological
Society was held Thursday afternoon, and
choose the following officers:
President-H Gardiner of Gardiner
Vice Presidents-Joseph Taylor OF Bel
gra lie and S. w. Shaw of Mnot.
Secretary and Treasurer-G. b. Sawyer of
Wiscasset. -,
Corresponding Secrctary-Granville Fer
maid of Harrison.
Executive Committee-R. H. Gardlner'
G. b. SawyeI, Samuel Rolfe of Portland :
CblS. ,. rope Oh 4'N"'y
Laughlin of Bangor. :,
Trustees-One from each county, as foi-
lows :-Androscoggin, ID. J. Briggs, turner
Aroostook. II. Tilley, Castle Hill: Cumoer-
land. Henry NJ Chase, North Yarmouth :;
franklin s. II. ireland, Farmington Han
cock. C. e. Atkins. Bueksport; kenneoec'
w. p Anterior, Hailowell; Knox, Elmer
Uoffees. Warren; Lincoln, II. }. A. SIM
mons. Waldoboro Oxford, n. 1. True
Bethel: Penobscot, S. C. Harlow, Bangor;
Piscataquis, II. A. Robinson, Foxcroft; sag
adahoc. w. Gilbert, Bath; Somerset u
Hoxie. Ncrth Fairfield; Waldo, j. W. DAILY
BROOKS; Washington, ii. \. Sprague, Char-
lotte: York. E. J. Young, Acton.
Premiums Awarded at Park.
suopvuoRSs-Bul ) years old, LIST, Howard
riis Fairfield u; I'd. II. NJ. and n. W. T,I;
slnwh.san, 5 Bull Calf, LIST, Howard Eh ~
Ea;rteld. &: ID T.. A. Gilbert, T. turner, , e'
i,award Ellis Fairfield, l. Fonr year on, f.
uoard Ellis Fairfield, 10; I'd, H. A. Gilbert, f. !.
Turnrr g. Heller three years old, Isl, ,.o nsars
Fills Fairfield =; I'd, same, D: Hehefs W. 49,
oid ist Howard & Ellis. Fairfield, D; "a, >a u;fy
Herds lat Howard & Ellis, Fairneio. ~ IT,.
ono wear old ist, Il. r. Trask, strickian" re''' -
I'd, same. ?. Nh, .,x.. veors old lst, w.
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