Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1898 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1898: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting Held in Skowhegan, December 27, 28, and 29, 1898 The phenomenal crop of fruit borne in 1896 was followed in 1897 by a small yield in all parts of the State. Some with good reason claim that the trees were allowed to overbear and in consequence were so exhausted that they were not strong enough to bear another crop without time to recuperate. In 1897 there was a visitation of tent caterpillars (clisiocampa Americana, and clisiocampa sylvatica.) Some fought the insects with more or less success, but in the absence of effective remedies the insects matured and large numbers of eggs were deposited in fruit and forest trees. From these large numbers of insects made their appearance this year, and in many cases the foliage was completely stripped from the trees. Although spraying had been urged as an effective remedy, few were prepared with apparatus to employ it. The result was that many of the largest orchards hardly bore fruit enough for family use. Fortunately all parts of the State were not so much affected by these pests, and some parts not at all. Aroostook county is reported as shipping some fruit to other parts of the State. Waldo, Penobscot, Knox, Lincoln, Northern Somerset, Northern Franklin, Northern Oxford, Sagadahoc, Southern Cumberland and York counties had some fruit, though lacking much of a full crop. The figures representing the fruit crop in the State have been misleading. Some of these placed the yield higher than 50 per cent., but so far as your secretary can learn the crop fell much below their figures. The season was favorable for the growth of foliage and fruit where any was set, and at the close of the season the trees were looking far better than one could expect. The Prospect For Next Year. It is believed by many that large numbers of caterpillars were destroyed by some parasites. This in some localities is true, but an examination of the trees shows many clusters of eggs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1889 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1889: Including the Proceedings of the Union Winter Meeting Held in Patrons' Hall, Norway, February 4, 5, and 6, 1890 These are only instances with which the writer is familiar. There are others quite as notable in the State: but that to which we wish to call especial attention is the grand Opening orcharding in Maine offers to the capitalists. Thousands of dollars have been sent to Florida and California to be used in fruit raising, but the facts clearly Show that Maine orcharding will pay larger dividends. These instances are given here as illustrative of organized orchard ing which is referred to in sections Of this volume. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1894; Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting, Held in Foxcroft, January 8th and 9th, 1895 SO far the market for apples has Offered only low prices for fruit. A large part of the crop was sold early in the season at for No. 1 fruit, but the buyers found no profit in paying that price. Apples from several points have been shipped in bulk to western cities. 'the only selection called for was that the red apples should be dumped into the same car. One lot contained at least twenty kinds. For fruit in this condition the buyers have paid $1 per barrel. These apples were shipped to western cities to be sold in bulk to hawkers. While the growers may get fair pay for their fruit, the reputation of Maine apples will surely suffer. Some political writers have charged a part of the low price to the action of the new tariff. Of course Canadian fruit now pays a less tariff than under the previous law, and to this extent the price must yield. Later in the winter fruit sold higher where it had been held by the growers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1904 The Cleveland Leader says the crop of salable apples in the United States this year is acknowledged a little less than fifty millions of barrels, which means something like 30,000,000,000 apples, or an apple every day for every man, woman and child in the United States. The editor remarks that these are tremendous figures, and the most surprising fact about the apple crop is that all of it might be grown in a single county in the state of Ohio, provided that all the trees were well matured and in good bearing condition. Here in Maine the crop is about the same as last year, though some have placed the crop above a million barrels, and it is probable that more than 500,000 barrels will go forward to market. In some portions of the State dry weather affected the orchards, but the general conditions were favorable, though the Baldwins were generally of less size than usual. Insects and fungi have been less injurious, and winds and storms dealt kindly with orchards until late in the season. The early autumn frosts injured some of the lowland fruit, and the later frosts were still more injurious. There has been a scarcity of help, barrels have sold from 30 to 42 cents, and worse than all the price of fruit has been very low. As a result thousands of barrels of Maine apples were not harvested at all, and thousands of those that were were fed out to stock later in the season. There were fewer buyers than usual and these started out at a dollar per barrel. Nearby fruits supplied the Boston market, where the price was off for everything save a few varieties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1905 The general work of the society is shown by this volume of Transactions, and the various reports published by the news papers of the State. A summary of receipts and expenditures and a statement of resources and liabilities make the following financial showing for the year: receipts. Balance in treasury, Jan. I, 1905 State stipend Interest on permanent fund Life members Annual members for 1904 Annual members for 1905 Sale of report Dividend on bank stock in liquidation Total receipts 45 expenditures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society For the Year 1891 Classic Reprint written by Maine State Pomological Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1891 The present volume will give to the general public some idea of the work Of this Society, though its true measure of usefulness can hardly be measured by the printed page or the spoken word. In the affairs of the Society the officers have aimed at the great needs of the State, and while the means would not permit of doing all these needs called for, the work has been efficient and in many cases the results apparent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1907 It might not seem necessary to mention the past winter in connection with fruit growing were it not for the fact that the winter is blamed by many for the injury suffered by our orchards. So far as your Secretary is concerned he does not "blame it all on the weather," while the injury is more serious than most of our fruit growers realize, there are other conditions that should be recognized. The Baldwin and Ben Davis suffered the most. Those varieties are both free bearers, and the growers look upon the tree hanging full of beautiful fruit and rejoice over the magnificent crop of fruit promised. I do not know of a fruit grower in Maine who has to any great extent felt it necessary to relieve the trees of the heavy burdens they were bearing. In one case the present season a prominent grower told me he had used over 1,500 stakes to prevent the trees from breaking down. In a canvass covering a large number of orchards this fall a conspicuous fact appears: the dead and injured trees are almost without exception trees that bore heavily the year before. In other words the trees have been so weakened by overbearing that they have not had.the power to resist the cold. Many trees that have borne heavily this year I found seriously injured, and it will be strange if there are not many more dead trees next spring than the last. The Secretary suggests whether it would not be wiser to pick off some fruit and burn up the stakes. The extent of this injury was shown by speakers at our meeting, who have been investigating orchard conditions in the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1906 The 1905 Apples. So far as it was possible to do so, many apples grown last year were held in storage until after our report for 1905 was made up, hence it seems proper to refer to their sale. The prices in some cases were well nigh record-breakers and deserve mention in this report. The six hundred barrels grown in the $2850 orchard referred to in last year's report were sold for $3.50 per barrel. So that the crop went a long way toward returning the purchase money in less than one year from the purchase of the orchard. This year (1906), it may be added, this orchard produced two hundred barrels. One grower in Skowhegan had 264 barrels of Ben Davis for which he received $1056 at the railroad station in that town. Eighty barrels of Gravensteins from the Pope orchard returned a check for $360. A carload of apples from the Staples' orchard, containing ninety-one barrels of No. 2 and 110 barrels of No. 1, sold in the Boston market for a net sum of $911.91. The Northern Spy in the lot sold for $8 per barrel. Hall & Cole stated that this was the most money paid for a carload of apples sold in Boston during the season. Better Culture. Our people are beginning to realize the value of the orchard, and they realize as never before that to produce the best results the orchard must have the best treatment. It is interesting to note that the most productive orchards this year are those that have received the most intelligent care. As one goes about over the State the evidence of this accumulates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1892 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1892: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting Held in Augusta, January 17th and 18th, 1893 For various reasons that I am unable to explain, it has not been the custom in our society for the secretary to Offer any formal report at the annual winter meeting. As we are meeting this year in the city where the society twenty years ago held its first meeting and perfected its organization, it seems bx st to depart from the custom of recent years. This is the only apology I have for offering this paper, which aims at giving a hasty review of the work accomplished in the State the past year. It is gratifying to note that our own people are beginning to realize that here in Maine we have the most favorable conditions for successful fruit culture. While it seems to be a hard lesson for the State as a whole to learn, year after year the facts of successful fruit culture accumulate, and bear tangible evidence to him who will read them that year after year the fruit growers are making profitable gains from their orchards and small fruits. The sur prising thing to sharp business men is that the farmers do not more quickly catch on to these facts and devote more time and intel ligence to fruit culture. When Florida oranges can be profitably grown' and retailed in towns several hundred miles from Boston for a Cent and a quarter each, there can be no doubt about the profit of growing-apples in this State that will retail for more money than these oranges. But there has been a steady gain from year to year though it sometimes seems to be very slow. SO that there are now more fruit-bearing trees in the State than ever before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1890 written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1890: Including the Proceedings of the Union Winter Meeting Held in City Hall, Bangor, February 24th and 25th, 1891 It is exceedingly surprising that more small fruits are not raised in the State. As yet our growers are unable to supply the local markets. The rule is that growers find the industry profitable and are planting' more extensively. Of raspberries and blackberries there has been a large increase in the number of plots. There is just enough of this sort of fruit growing done to indicate that those who engage in it more largely are going to realize results from Maine lands never dreamed of before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1896 written by Maine State Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1896: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting, Held in Winthrop, February 18th and 19th, 1897 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1903 In recent years there has been a marked improvement in the care of the orchards of the State, though in many cases there is a notable absence of care. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by D. H. Knowlton and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-20 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1902 There are many things in fruit growing that none of us can explain. One of these was the phenomenal crop of 1901 - phenomenal in this respect: that there were few orchards where all the trees bore fruit, while parts of orchards and localities bore very little fruit. Some one describing the crop said it was "patchy." This year some of the same conditions prevail, and while there are no localities in Maine with a full crop, there are not many where there are above 50 percent. This year like last the spring was cold, wet and late. The bloom was not a very full one, and the bee men say it was too cold for the bees to work among the flowers, while others think the rain may have prevented polination. Fortunately, perhaps, the blossoms and foliage came late, so that nowhere in the State does it appear that the apple trees were injured by the freeze on the nights of May 9 and 10. The cool Weather of the season appears to have been favorable for the growth of the trees and size of fruit: at the same time it made the maturity of the fruit quite a couple of weeks later than in ordinary years. As illustrative of this the Ben Davis was small and "unwilling" to be plucked from the tree, and it would seem in consequence that this variety would compare more unfavorably than usual with those grown further south. There have not been so many insects to prey upon the foliage as usual, and the frequent rains in some cases interfered with spraying. It is further noticeable that the orchards that have been best cultivated in years past have been the most fruitful this year; a fact that confirms what our society has taught for the thirty years of its existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society written by Maine State Pomological Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transactions of the Maine State Pomological Society: For the Year 1887, Including the Proceedings of the Winter Held in Town Hall, New Gloucester, February 22, 23 and 24, 1888 For the purpose of making a careful revision of our Fruit Catalogue the following committee were chosen for that purpose at the last winter meeting of the society: D. H. Knowlton, Farmington; D. J. Briggs, South Turner; D. P. True, Leeds Centre; Henry McLaughlin, Bangor and E. W. Dunbar, Damariscotta. The committee are now engaged in the work of gathering information from different parts of the State. It is the intention of the committee to ascertain from fruit growers what kinds of fruit thrive the best in the State. The committee also solicit information regarding the new varieties of fruit in order that the people of the State may know where to obtain reliable information about them. A list of questions have been sent to fruit growers in various parts of the State. Should the reader be able to furnish information it will be gratefully received by the committee. It is hoped to have the Fruit Catalogue ready for publication at an early day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Transaction of the Maine State Pomological Society for the Year 1893 written by Maine State Pomological Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Transaction of the Maine State Pomological Society, for the Year 1893: Including the Proceedings of the Winter Meeting, Held in Union, December 5th and 6th, 1893 Of the general conditions of fruit culture in the State it is gratify ing to note that among land owners there has been the past year an unusual interest in all that appertains to the science and art of raising fruit. There has been a wide-spread call for information on fruit matters, and uniformly when public meetings have been held they have been largely attended by people in search of knowl edge. At the public meetings during the fair the Varieties of Small Fruits Best Adapted to the State was the general subject under consideration, and it awakened great interest. At the meet ing of the executive committee held in Winthrop great interest was 'shown both in orcharding and small fruits. The State Board of Agriculture at the farmers' institutes. In answer to numerous calls, finds attentive and eager listeners when fruit matters receive con sideration. Again the last legislature in answer to our request for an increased stipend, without the slightest Objection unanimously doubled the appropriation. These are but a few of the indications of the wide-spread interest which people have in the industry. The apple crop was a small one, probably not over fifty per cent of an average Of the causes that brought this about we are in doubt The blossom was not heavy, and the worms were never more abundant. Then in some parts of the State there were sev eral hail storms, and the disaster of the August rain and wind storm was widespread. Fortunately there were many who had the wisdom to make the most of the misfortune, and following the example of one large orchardist, fed the windfalls to the cows. The farmer's wife said, as they couldn't sell the apples, they just; put them where they could get more cream. When the harvest came a large percentage of the apples were wormy or bruised, but at the same time it should not be overlooked that the farmers have received a good sum of money for their apples even this year. The apples helped out in many cases where the other crops were short. One Franklin county orchardist made a price of $6 per barrel for his No. 1's and $3 for his No. 2's, and the apples were sold. The grower said he might have had a little more if he had held a little longer. He was well satisfied, however, for he got his price. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.