Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-08-28
rns APPLE CROP FoR 1894,


Desiring TO furnish our readers with
the latest Information In regard TO the
fruit prospects In Maine, aud to make
these In every way reliable. letters were
addressed tn representative fruit growers
In every locality, and below We are able
to present q goodly number of replies.
Prom these the exact condition of the
fruit prospects can hc learned, aud they
verify the prediction hitherto made In
our columns. They also suggest q line
of careful Investigation for the future To
ascertain the causes which have wrought
the change noticed between May aud
August.
CiiIsIrgyilLr.--Gen crop of APP
ple- forty per cent less than average.
Very few Bsldwlns In the large
orchards. Hus.ets quite good. Apples
are not dropping very much now.
Aug. 10. 4. y. WHEELER.
Es.r SuNNIR.-i'esent Appearances
Indicate that the apple crop Will be CON.
parsti,ely light. Probably not over
ooe-foarth of the apple. will be harvest
ed that were predicted st the time Of bios
somlug. They have been dropping on
badly and are imperfect. The outlook
for good nice fruit IL not very promising,
still there will be . sufficient supply for
home use. Early spples In our local
market command from ." Ia ~ cents per
bushel. y. EoBi>s0N.
Aug. 10.
Mo>nouru.-As To quantity OF fruit,
We are surprised as compared with one
month ago. There win lie more than an
average crop of apples aud pears. Plums
are bearing well. though showing
signs Of rot which will reduce the crop
greatly. black scsb I. putting In heavy
work on apples aud pears; the list of
varieties affected L. Increasing, some
never noticed before are seen this sea-
.on. There l. blight on leaf of Bsld.
wins. Mods and some others noticed cas-
ily ten or twenty rods away; II must
affect the maturing. II. ;. SMITH.
Aag. ~.
NIw GLouCLsrLR.--Th apple crop
With me !. To BE- light one, not more,
" a. much as last year. IL seems to me
az though the "spple scsb" VAS st work
on nearly all varieties. More than halt
the leaves have fallen from some of the
trees after turning black.
Aug. .. Jon> w. True.
fEIrpoN. orchards put out
full bloom, bat there Il not more than
one-third of a usual crop, and small
fruits are not as good ss usual. In our
orchards the foliage appears TO be Killed
by insects.
Aug. ~. u. II. JOHNSON.
SoUru TUR>EH.-A fair crop OF fall
apples, bat winter apple. . very light
crop. and poor at that. The outlook 10
small for the apple crop as whole.
Aug. 10. ID. j. BRIGGS.
NEwTirLp.-On the average the apple
crop il not up. Certain localities Will
/, icld a fair crop. Hear some complslut
about quslay. Think BAldwins are do
Ing better than any other variety.
Aug. 10. L.. -. STRAW.
rAHis.-In reply to Your inquiry ss 10
the prospect Of the apple crop, ] Sili
.ay, after having an opportunity of quite
an extensive personal examination aud q
good chance Ia meet and talk with the
farmer. % Paris, Hebron, Norway,
and Woodstock, one-hslf an
average crop Ia all that can with safety
~ reported. Some will under favorable
have more than one-half, In
fact. q fe~ ssy q full crop, bat = great
many much less. feel quite SURF such
ALL b. the case In the vicinity of Paris
lIill. Fall yaristle. ar, better than VIM
ter. Bsldwins are behind other kinds.
Aug. ~. e. y. HAMMOND
wI>ruEor.-Someo % the largest OF
chard owners In town say they will not
have over one-fourth of q full crop.
Apple. are growing finely now, and az
there ar. hut few wotmy ones, estimate
". msy get on the whole. one-thlfd of
an aycfsgc crop In winthrop.
Aug. n. ST. From.
Maine Farmer.