Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-26
Statement ofE. w Macomber

the nursery, they were marked on the south
side and set the sane way in the orchard.
The hres were dug thirty feet spar, each
way, ten inches deep and two feet square.
Then two shovels full of old manure were
thoroughly mixed with the soil The trees
were then set the same depth that they stood
in the nursery. -Four shovels full of green
manure were spread evenly for two fee;
around each tree. and this last coat of ma
nure was covered With meadow nay and the
trees staked to prevent blow ny BY the sind.
Native trees were planted because better
adsp ed to our climate ard soil | engraft
Baldwins as better adapted to my soil. |
plant native standards thinking they MAKE
better stocks than Bsldwins. Grating in
the limbs gives opportunity to select vsrie
ties, AS please TO suit wet or dry soils.
The balls.
The vegetables. fruit and miscellaneous
tables in the main hail present very differ
ent appearance from what they did yester-
day. The vscant space has been filled up
and the general appearance ia attractive.
Fruit, vegetables and misce liareous farm
products give indications that the harvest has
ueen bounieous Let us begin right here
and enumerate some of the more noticeable
contributions as We 20 along
b + Butler Mt Vernon. has some
spleedii Cape Cod crsnberries, and col
lection Of choice squsshes. The crsnherries
are remarkable in size and finely eolore1,
+ G. Foster, Belgrade, four plates srples
F L. Hopkins. Mt Vernon, collection of
ten varieties of winter apples. His list en-
braces the Nor,h'ru Spy, Hubhardston-
Be! ei!fiowcr. BaldVip, Roxbury Rqsset, and
Black oxfori. willard Bachelor. East
Winthrop, collection eff ten winter
spples; A F.. Brainsrj, East Win
throp, collection Of twenty varieties Of
aopies and one Of pears. II W. Fuller,
R.ldt, ID. collection of fruit. vegetables and
farm crops, embracing some forty varieties,
comprising large cshbsges of two
, or three kinds. potatoes, celery,
+ and considerable variety of gar
| den vegetables d. Forest Yeston,
Readfeld, .quashe. r H. Jacobs, Mt Yer
non. fourteen plates cf apples T F Moor,
Resdfeid, squash. E J. Gilman, Mt Yer
non, lot of pumpkins. NJ. F. N3rcross,
( Winthrop, collection of farm and garden
vegetables numbering more than thirty diff
! ferent kinds and including all the standard
and fancy crops ever grown by Maine farm
, er, together with many novelties rot often
seen al cur fail fairs. including Brussel-
sprouts. raatsnes, asparagus aia sNset pita
tees Mrs. NJ. l.. Robbins, eceup,i long
tsble space with samples of dairy, deld or
chxrd and garden products frenn her Rebblus
b, dale isrm-s most attractive sHd creditRbi.
collection. The diamond star salt and sods
works mske large display Of their gooi-.
consisting of rock salt, aAd clarified SAT- pa
up in many different forms for family use
This exhibit IL made by Wn. Harvey, yea
eral agent, Resitieid-
James Z. Harvey, Restfelt. ;cDrissi
plates of apples sn,i one OF pear Mrs. Y
Hoyt. Wiiifrop, six plates apples. J Hear
Moore, Winthrop, four plates apples. two .
pears. J. 5. ". Hsvstt, Fasette cole ee;5Gi
Of garden vegetables numbering ever tweHt.
varieties Colouies of bees aud specimen o
box honey: J. II. Trus. North Fsyst-e IL
of honey in sections: w. B. Crane, Faseite
In the lower hall there are thirty -thre
/, specimens of field and sweet corn. yhici
forms handsome garniture for the entir
. east vail of the bGilding. Exhibits Of f4rn
and garden crops. vegetables, ETC. are mad
: by A. p. williams, Mt. Vernon; A. NJ
Sfetsoa, Wayne; Lee Knox. FAyetse, q DO