Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-20
AMONG THE FARMERS.
"sPEED THE PLow."
Enthusiastic Maine Orchardlsts.
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Enthusiastic Maine Orchardlsts.
(New England Homestead)
Other New England states have moi
crowded Maine off the apple map either
In size or output or quality Of fruit.
The quality end of the argument was
we'll demonstrated at the recent big
exhibition at Bangor. The total apple
output Is answered every year In the
quantity of Maine apples 10 domestic
and foreign markets. There are % CO.
operative fruit exchanges In Maine
more than In all the remainder of New
England combined. Perhaps the best
known is the Oxford Bears. The past
season they handled around 1000 barrels,
returning gross over 10000.
A large individual grower is A. l..
Blaisdell of Winterport. He has 5000
trees, and IL is understood that one of
the finest crops of apples ever raised In
this country has been that grown in Mr..
Blaisdell's orchards this year. he
picked some fine fruit, valued at $25, 900
A. A. Conant of Hebron has 1000
trees, most of which have been set about
FIVE years. He picked 265 barrels OF
superior fruit this year and his crop is
estimated at about $500. Mr.. Conant
has some splendid Mcintosh Reds, Bald.
win, Ben Davis and Starks. He believes
the industry to be one of the worlds
greatest.
W. G.. Conant on his Hilltop fruit
farm at Hebron has 1900 trees, the big
gest part of them Baldwins, and all Of
them trees from New York state, mostly
young trees. Mr.. Conant declares be
has doubled his apple industry in the
past few years. He picked TOO barrels
this year and only $50 last year, and he
valued bis crop at $4,000.
E. L. White OF Bowdoinbam has 800
trees In his orchard, 200 of which are In
bearing. He picked 375 barrels this
year and says they are worth $1,000,
C. c. Clement of Winterport has 800
trees, 900 of which are young. He
picked 900 barrels this year, valued at
$4,000 He grows Wolf River, Baldwin,
Ben Davis and others. He believes that
Maine apples should be grown, doomed,
advertised and advertised again. he
believes people should eat Maine apples
and talk Maine apples and buy Maine
apples.
A. C. Macomber of Wilton, the new
president of the Maine pomological
association has 1000 trees, and he picked
100 barrels this year. Mr.. Macomber's
orchard suffered in the freeze of 1918,
but he proposes to keep on. he sold
his apples this year for $500.
E. W. Dolloff of Standish has 400
trees, and this year picked $50 barrels
that brought $4,000.
T. E. Chase of Buckfield has 1000
trees and picked $50 barrels and sold
them for more than $4,000. He grows
the Greenipg, Mcintosh and Spys as
leaders, but be has Wealthy and Stark.
Robert b. Gardiner of Gardiner picked
l4O0 barrels of BellHowers alone this
year, and has an orchard of 1000 trees.
Lyman z. Lee of Foxcroft has 1000
trees in a young orchard. Mr.. Lee
grows Wolf River, and his orchards have
been visited by many orchsrdists from
all over the state.
d. G.. Bowman of Hebron has 1000
trees and gathered this year $50 barrels.
his crop being worth between $4,000 and
$4,000. 81. q. Merrill of Hebron has
1000 trees and picked 900 barrels, most
ly Baldwins and Stsrks.
Elroy A. Mason of Mechanic Falls is
one of the states able apple growers.
He has $50 trees, and this year picked
500 barrels, worth somewhere around
$4,000. j. F. Moody OF Hebron has 1900
trees and picked 400 barrels this year.
A. C. Buck of Hebron has 14O0 trees and
picked $50 barrels.
F. Il. Morse Of Waterford has one
of the fine orchards of the country. he
has 1900 trees. He gathered 800 bar
rels Of fine fruit, worth something like
s45OO. Clement and Taylor of Winthrop
have 1900 trees from which this year
they have picked 700 barrels.
The Indian Head fruit growing as
ISOLATION of Hebron has sold 5000 bar.
rels this year and the Wilson Stream
Association of Wilton has sold 1000 bar
rels. E. E. Conant of Buckt1eld has
1900 trees and picked probably about
100 barrels this year. F. r. Sweetsir of
Cumberland Center has 100 trees from
which he picked about 800 barrels. Mr..
Sweetsir's crop sold for nearly $4,000, all
of his fruit being fancy. E. D. Page of
Cornish has 1900 trees.