ORCHARDS. 85 



James O. Freeman's Statement. 



As I offer the same orchard for premium, this year that I 

 did last year, and as there is no change in the committee, I 

 have not deemed it important to give you many particulars, 

 rather referring you to the 55th page of the last year's commit- 

 tees' reports. 



I will merely say, that the orchard contains three hundred 

 and six apple trees; sixty-four set in the spring of 1844; fifty 

 in the spring of 1845; fifty-seven in the spring of 18^7; sixty 

 in the spring of 1848; seventy-five in the spring of 1852. 



The soil in which my orchard is located, is a sandy loam, 

 with more or less stone, about two feet or more below the 

 surface. 



This year, and last year, have manured my crops of corn and 

 potatoes in the hill only (in the orchard). 



Have before used about thirty or thirty-five cartloads to the 

 acre, ploughing it in about four or five inches deep. 



Have not been troubled with borers or other worms, but 

 very little. Usually wash my trees with potash-water in June. 

 Generally trim in May or Juno. 



Feamingham, September 28, 1853. 



Asa Clemoit's Statement. 



I send you a statement concerning the orchards you saw at my 

 place. The land on which the pear trees are now growing, four 

 acres, was, five years ago, an old bushy pasture, and covered, to 

 some extent, with rocks, large and small, which were cleared off, 

 and put into double walls around the piece. There are on it 

 eighty rods of blind ditch, from three to four feet deep, a small 

 culvert through the whole, and filled with stones to within about 

 one foot of the surface. Many large stones were dug under 

 and sunk, so that a plough will run over them without interrup- 

 tion. Some of the soil is wet and heavy, and other portions 

 are dry and warm, comparatively, and contain some sand, while 

 the wet portions contain a large amount of gravel, and a very 

 small share of clay ; the whole being so hard, that, after dig- 

 ging from eighteen to twenty-four inches deep, I was obliged to 



