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the spring of 1851, wlicn I planted it with potatoes j I then 

 spread a little fine compost around the trees. 



SOUTHWICK. 



D. Chauncey Brewer's Statement. 



At your request, I have sent you the number of pear treea 

 ■vrhich I wish to enter for premium. It is twenty-six ; one-half 

 are standards, the remainder, dwarfs. They are of tlie follow- 

 ing varieties : Bartlett, Beurrd d'Amalis, Beurre Did, Beurre 

 d'Aremburg, Louise Bon de Jersey, Flemish Beauty, White 

 Doyenne, Frederick of Wurtemburg, Henry IV. and Madeleine^ 



The soil on which they stand, is a sandy loam ; it has been 

 cultivated for three years, and was in a good slate for trans- 

 planting. Part of them were set in the spring of 1852, the 

 remainder in the fall. The standards are set twenty feet 

 apart; between these are set the dwarfs, which brings them ten 

 feet from each other. Many persons would suppose this too 

 near. But the pear requires less space than other trees. 

 Many individuals set them only eight feet apart ; but I think 

 this too close. I keep my trees well headed in, and give them 

 plenty of mulching; some of them have made three feet 

 growth this season. Success depends, in a great measure, 

 upon judicious pruning, and proper mulching. I have recently 

 picked from one tree, two Flemish Beauty pears, that weighed 

 three-quarters of a pound each ; the same tree has had quite 

 a number taken from it that would weigh nearly the same. 

 Sfbingfield. 



FRANKLIN. 



Report of the Committee. 



There were entered, for premium, sis young apple orchards. 



The committee visited them in September, 1852, and in Sep- 

 tember, 1853. 



The season has been an unfavorable one for apple trees. 

 The drought has been severe, and the worms stripped the 

 trees of leaves in June, and materially retarded their growth. 

 Some of the orchards visited have done very well, and have 



