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Apple Varieties In Maine, Frederick Charles Bradford
Apple Varieties In Maine, Frederick Charles Bradford
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The following pages represent an effort to trace the causes of the changing procession of varieties of apples grown in Maine. To this end the history of fruit growing in Maine has been carefully studied, largely through the Agricultural Reports from 1850 to 1909 and the columns of the Maine Farmer from 1838 to 1875. The inquiry has been confined as rigidly as possible to this state, outside sources being referred to only for sake of comparison. Rather incidentally, soil influences, modifications due to climate, etc., have been considered.
Naturally, since the inquiry was limited to printed record, nothing new …