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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."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… and foremost timber, but also grains, hay, hops, apples, cheese, starch, wool. Over time, Oxford County gained recognition as one of the most…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

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

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…"

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…"

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…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 1 of 5

"… set up a house 18 feet square, have 50 living apple trees on the land within six years from the first of this month, or to forfeit to the…"

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."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"Corn and apples were sent across the country. In April, 1871, a group of farmers organized the Sandy River Cheese Company, the first in the state."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - A Murder In Strong

"For her lunch Lura carried two apples and a piece of gingerbread. Lura would usually walk back home after the afternoon session."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"The bed and breakfast sits where part of an apple orchard used to be. The orchard ran up the ill in the middle of Guilford, and four of the remaining…"

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."

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