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from depositing her eggs at the root. No borers, nor any effects 

 of their operations were discovered in the orchard, and not 

 more than three or four trees, were seen to have thrown out 

 any gum. Some of the trees were budded, and others were 

 seedhngs from good fruit that needed no budding, 



Calvin Weston, of Lincoln, has one hundred apple trees, and 

 the same number of peach trees, set in alternate rows, on an 

 acre and a quarter of ground. He received a premium on his 

 apple trees, in 1847. The peach trees were set out in 1846. 

 The soil is a gravelly loam on the easterly side of a hill. He 

 has used no other manure than about a quart of wood ashes to 

 each tree. Many of the trees are now in fruit. 



Charles Twitchell, of Ashland, has three thousand peach 

 trees — about half of them set where he designs them to re- 

 main — the rest are in a nursery, and are of two and three years 

 growth. About six hundred of his trees were set in 1844 and 

 1845, and are now in fruit. The other nine hundred, which 

 he offered for a premium, were set in 1846, 1847, and 1848. 

 They are set in rows twelve feet apart, and ten feet from each 

 other in the rows. Part of the soil is a deep, dark loam, 

 another portion is a yellow, sandy loam, and another is princi- 

 pally gravel. Potatoes were planted between the rows, the 

 first year after the trees were set. Since then the land has been 

 kept light, and free from weeds by ploughing and hoeing. No 

 manure was here used, except ashes. As to insects, Mr. 

 Twitchell says they have never troubled him, and therefore, he 

 has nothing to say concerning them. The committee were 

 highly pleased with the appearance of these orchards. The 

 trees Avere all remarkable thrifty and clean. The ground was 

 entirely free from weeds, and raked to a beautiful smoothness. 



William Stone, of Natick, offered his peach orchard for a 

 premium. As his mode of cultivation differs from that of all 

 others, which the committee examined, his statement, which 

 was verified by the committee on examination, is appended in 

 full to this report. 



Simon Tuttle, of Acton, offered his apple and peach trees 

 for a premium. His apple orchard contains ninety trees, set in 

 April, 1839, on a hard and rocky soil, which has been ploughed 



