Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Duchess Anjoulene apple, Bangor, 1866

"… 1866." He drew an apple tree and an individual apple. Below the tree Martin wrote, "1866 This tree produced ten apples, color & size as below, the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… tree was the Ladies blush a small red & green apple a prolific bearer & resembled the snow or Famouse apple this tree bore every year a loaded crop…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864

"… Belles Early apple, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description On the first page of "John…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Under his drawing of a…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862

"John Martin apple tree, Bangor, ca. 1862 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"He told the boys not to pick that apple, “or we’d get our butts kicked.” There was a window on the house facing the tree with the apple."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"… corn, beans, and potatoes - 166 acres planted apples - 19 trees 1873 grass - 400 acres horses - 22 oxen - 14 cows/calves - 100/40 sheep - 33 pigs…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Tours of Lubec and Cobscook is part of APPLE, the Association to Promote and Protect the Lubec Environment, a non-profit corporation formed to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 5 of 5

"… to go into the woods, but Edwena did go and pick apples. One farmer’s wife would bring everybody ice cream cookies and something to drink."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… play in the yard and discovered a hammock in his mother's apple tree." View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"He also sketched and described several apple trees and apples and other trees of which he was proud."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 3, pages 38-56

"… Artillery Thurston & Metcalf Nath Harlow nursery Apple tree Ada Martin Solon Wilder Egyptian Caravan Southern sentiments Yales Mammoth Tent…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 48-64

"Cushing Benjamin Kimball George B. McClellan Memphis riot Impeachment discussions Indianapolis riot Apples"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Jr., Bangor, 1865

"… on his red sled Tiger in 1862," "mutilating his apple tree," with David Towle, wading in the mud in 1865; and with Fred Wood playing horse in 1864."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… and flax, along with hives of bees, pumpkins, apples and clover seed. A sample of stock categories include: working oxen, horses, sheep, swine…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Representative Industries of Cumberland and North Yarmouth

"Blanchard Apple Shed X Apples Apples continue to be an important piece of the agricultural heritage of Cumberland."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 3 of 5

"From East Dixfield the Apple Cutter, Patented October 20, 1857 and the Apple Corer, Patented April 6, 1869, were designed by Nathaniel Thomas. R.S."

Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm

"… of hay, 175 bushels of potatoes 140 bushels of apples, 175 bushels oats and barley, quite an amount of corn, beans, &c., also 1200 pounds pork and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… each fall Lowell bought up Spies and Baldwins (apples) from others and shipped them by the carload to Boston." From there they were "sent to…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - WWI Impact on Farmington's Agriculture

"There was “almost no honey in Maine.” The apple crop was largely affected by the lack of bees. Burnham Morrill Corn Factory, Farmington, ca."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… autonomy, as well as affinities for baked beans, apple pie, and annual town meetings inherited from long ago ancestors on England's eastern shore."

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"These children are his fruit; like a tree having apples, the apples are the tree’s babies. Works Cited Fellows, Dana. History of the Town of Lincoln."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 3 of 4

"Apples were, and continue to be, an important piece of the agricultural heritage of the towns, as exemplified by the Sweetser family."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"Apple orchards were quickly established. (More About Farmington's Early Agriculture) Walton's Mill in winterFarmington Historical Society…"