. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . trees stand against the sky like groves. When I was there inMav the tree-tints were pale green, the earth-carj^et was soft1)rown where the potatoes had l)een planted and the grain sownand rolled. In July the whole land is a riot of green. Thewoods foliage has deepened in tone: the wa\-ing fields ol wheatand oats display a thousand \erdurous tints as the tall stalkssway in the breeze; already the clo\er aftermath is hiding thestubble of the early-mown hayfields. Only in the potato field
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . trees stand against the sky like groves. When I was there inMav the tree-tints were pale green, the earth-carj^et was soft1)rown where the potatoes had l)een planted and the grain sownand rolled. In July the whole land is a riot of green. Thewoods foliage has deepened in tone: the wa\-ing fields ol wheatand oats display a thousand \erdurous tints as the tall stalkssway in the breeze; already the clo\er aftermath is hiding thestubble of the early-mown hayfields. Only in the potato fields,which now are a-l)loom in tints of white and yellow, can thel)rown earth still be seen between the rows; but next month,when the grain fields turn golden for the reaping, the potatovines, then at the height of their growth, will have changed theface of the ground into the aspect of long, s>mmetrical ridges ofgreen. Let vour pen gallop; write everytliing good ycni cant overdo , said a very matter-of-fact Bangorfrientl to me on learning that I intended to visit New POTATOES FOK THK MIMTONS— MILLIONS IiiK IHF: GKOWl 82 IX FAIR AROOSTOOK.
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