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Concord, September 20, 1866. 



Statement of Henry Derby. 



The land selected was an exceedingly rough and rocky piece 

 of pasture on the south-easterly side of a hill. In the spring of 

 1862 I cut the wood and brush, and burnt the brush on the 

 ground, and then broke it up with a yoke of oxen. I then set 

 my rows ten fe'et each way, taking a grub-hoe to cut out the 

 furrow long enough to take in the roots, filling up between the 

 rows with potatoes, manured in the hill. This piece contains 

 140 vines. 



The first year I cut back, leaving one eye ; the second year 

 leaving two eyes ; after that they were trellised up on two 

 stakes at each hill. The third year I sold $46 worth of grapes ; 

 last year the sales amounted to $266. I have applied fertilizers 

 but twice during the four years. The first was two shovelsful 

 to each hill ; this spring I spread a little compost and cultivated 

 it in. I lost about half my crop last year by blight. The fruit 

 on the best hills average twenty-eight pounds to the hill. 



Lincoln, September 10, 1866. 



Statement of Hervey Davis. 



The grapery which I offer for premium consists of about two 

 hundred vines, comprising about fifteen varieties, all of them 

 ripening well. The first to ripen was the Adirondac, which was 

 perfectly ripe the 3d of September ; the second was the Hart- 

 ford Prolific, which was about ten days later, and the Framing- 

 ham Seedling about the same time ; next the Delaware, and 

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