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be set Avithiu eight feet of each other. For standard trces^ 

 thirty feet is the distance usually recommended. 



There are other kinds equally as good as the following- selec- 

 tion ; but we recommend these because they have been set by 

 many in this county, and with few exceptions, have proved to 

 be hardy and productive. 



Dearborn's Seedling, early, native fruit; Bartlett, Septem- 

 ber, foreign fruit; Gushing, September, native fruit; Buffum, 

 September, native fruit; Louise Bonne do Jersey, September, 

 foreign fruit ; Seckel, October, native fruit ; Lewis, November 

 to December, native fruit ; Vicar of Winkfield, November to 

 December, foreign fruit; Glout Morceau, November to Decem- 

 ber, foreign fruit ; Prince's St. Germain, November to March, 

 native fruit. 



No entry was made for the society's premiums on fruit and 

 forest trees. On the day of the annual cattle show and fair, 

 the Rev. Mr. Pratt, of Brewster, handed the committee a descrip- 

 tion of the garden of Mr. Sidney Underwood, of Harwich. 

 Since, the committee have received specimens of fruit from Mr. 

 Underwood, and have examined his grounds. 



Mr. Underwood's garden contains one acre. Nine years ago 

 this land had for many years remained an uncultivated waste. 

 Its fertility had been exhausted by repeated crops of corn and 

 rye, and it was thrown out to commons as worthless. Mr. 

 Underwood bought it for a trifle, put up buildings thereon, and 

 commenced manuring and cultivating it. He set a variety of 

 choice fruit, shade trees, vines, and shrubbery. Many of his 

 trees are now in full bearing. Last year, after supplying the 

 wants of his family and boarders in his house, he sold seventy- 

 five dollars worth of fruit and vegetables from this acre of 

 poor land. 



Mr. Underwood is a mechanic, and most of the labor in his 

 garden has been done as a recreation — at the intervals of 

 business, in those odd moments which too many are inclined to 

 spend in idleness at the shops and other resorts for loungers. 

 He does his work scientifically ; understands the art of graft- 

 ing and budding ; of pruning and heading in trees to prevent 

 too much growth of wood and to increase the size and flavor 

 of the fruit. He has about sixty orange quince trees, most of 



