ORCHARDS. 89 



Statement of Josiah Ayres. 



I have in my orchard one hundred and fifty trees, budded on 

 seedlinj^ stock. They are ten years old from the seed, and 

 most of them have produced fruit. I have several varieties ; 

 the principal are the Baldwin and Rock Greening ; the others 

 are the Green Newtown Pippin, Seek-no-further, Roxbury Rus- 

 set, Boston Russet, Hubbardston Nonesuch, Belmont, Talman 

 Sweeting, Golden Sweet, Ribston Pippin, Famouse, Crimson 

 Pippin, and some choice seedling varieties. 



Mode of cultivation from the seed to the present time : — 

 One year from the seed, they were taken up, the tap root 

 cut off, and set in rows. When large enough, they were 

 budded. They have been transplanted four years. They were 

 set two rods distant from each other, in holes from four to six 

 feet in diameter, from one to two feet deep — the same depth as 

 in the nursery — with compost mixed with the subsoil. They 

 have had compost put around them in the fall, and in the spring 

 the earth has been dug around. One year the turf, one foot in 

 width, and about six feet from the tree, was removed and com- 

 post worked in, with 'good results. The trees have been, 

 washed with weak lye, in the month of May. I have not seen 

 a borer on my trees. I have avoided trimming, as much as 

 possible, and keep the trees in proper shape. The land on 

 which the trees stand is sandy loam, and hard, stony and 

 moist subsoil. 



Amherst, October, 1853. 



Statement of Leonard Loomis. 



Below I send you a statement of the time and manner of 

 setting my orchard, which I offer for a premium. The orchard 

 contains over one hundred trees, a part of which were set in 

 1844, others in 1847, and the remainder in 1849. The holes 

 were six feet in diameter and about two feet deep, and filled 

 with compost of swamp muck and barnyard manure. The 

 trees were carefully set in the spring of the year, which I 

 consider preferable to the fall setting. I have not lost a tree. 



Whately, November, 1853. 

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