The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1895-11-07
Fruit Growing in waldo County.

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MAINE Board of Agriculture Bulletin.J
MONROE. Fruit growing holds out as
good inducement as any branch Of legiti-
mate business. It is agreeable to me,
hence | eng age in it to some extent. The
difficulties met with are not greater
than those met in other lines of work. In
apple culture we have the borer, the APP
his OF bark louise, the caterpillar, the
worm, the scab and several other things,
not the least of which is the field mouse.
As for the latter, | am of the opinion that
a few good cats will prove to be the surest
preventive. The other trials may be over
come by patience mixed with the proper
remedies, which are we'll understood by
intelligent orchardists but are too lengthy
to enumerate here Should orchards be
cultivated? No Should they be pas
tured? Possibly, with sheep or hogs; GER
tainly with poultry where it can be profit
ably done. l shall most emphatically say
that there is room for the extension of
fruit growing in Maine There is room
for the extension Of every industry, and
orcharding is no exception. But am OF
the opinion that the man who is succeed
ing in some other work had better let
fruit raising for the market alone. But
the man who likes the business, and is
succeeding at it, need not hesitate to ex-
tend his work until it occupies his whole
time. E. G. Dow.
WALDO STATION. Our best shipping
apples are Kings, Baldwns, Northern
Spy and Wagner. We pasture sheep in
our orchard, yarding them ia the orchard
nights during the fall. Strawy manure is
| Il tl,,+ +ln,
trees are in the hen yards. Currants.
bushes are MANFRED with hen manure.
Strawberries with ashes and horse ma
nure. Have had no experience with ray
ing. j. 9. Harding
| JACKSON. | have not had much eN-
perience in fruit culture myself, but think
that this section is adapted To it. and
many are giving more attention to this
branch of farming. All kinds of small
fruits do well in this section. Baldwins
Seem to be the leading apple: although
some raise Ben Davis, Spys and Kings to
quite an extent Think that the grass
should be kept down in the orchard H.
II. Mckinley.
MoNTvILLE. Apples are the most pro-
ductive of fruit culture. The soil can be
made more productive by top dressing with
good barn yard manure; it II better than
cultivation. Should prefer hogs or sheep
to eat up the windfalls, SO as to destroy
wormy fruit till it's time for saving good
fruit. Varieties that do best are Bald
wins. Russets. Northern Spy, Twenty
Ounce and yellow Belltiowers. Small
fruit, raspberries hlackberries, cnrrants
and gooseberries. Top dressing il pre-
/ ferahle to cultivation every time | think
4 you can not make soil any too rich for
any variety Of fruit. Emit culture is not
mp to what it can be made Ill the State of
Maine. by close attention to business
Toll On, then, brother agriculturist, we
have the best chance foY a rood and fresh
eating from the soil. f. Hahn.
MoNTVIILE. The main reason why
one should engage in fruit culture is, that
the same area Of land will WELD greater
profit for same amount Of labor Main
difficulties in growing fruit in this vicinity
is lack Of care and cultivation. The way
to overcome them is To do what has been
left undone and much more. Most va
rieties of apples or small fruit do we'll
here with proper management. Both
methods. cultiyating and pasturing have
been tried with success. Ii | were to pas
ture orchard shoulduse sheep. Top dress
ed and worked into soil both with good
results. Have had no experience with
spraying. Don't think the business of
fruit growing overdone in Maine. Have
had no experience with plums. 3. T..
Foster.
MORRILL,. Our people are anxious to
learn the results of spraying this year, as
observed by yourself. especially applied
to potatoes ID. 0. Bowen
NOTE. This will be reported i'll our next
bulletin. Secretary.
SEARsMoNr. But few orchards Of any
size in this neighborhood. The largest
and best we have are raised in moving
land and are heavily mulched in the fall
with coarse stable manure and the trees
seem to thrive under that treatment |
learn of no spraying having been done.
Strawberries, which would hardly come
under the head Of fruit, | Judge, were
somewhat largely raised and seem to be
on the increase. Otis d. Wilson.