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is a tact to be denied that we are not in a section of the roun- 

 try that will produce a crop only once in a while, and this I am 

 not sure should not be called a chance crop. 



STATEMENT OF DANIEL RICHARDS, DANVERS. 



My seedling peach came up under my bed-room window four 

 years ago last spring, the third year it fruited two peaches, this 

 season it had fifty, even sized. Ripens from 20th to 30th of 

 September. Tree a vigorous grower, smooth bark, no gum, no 

 yellow or curled leaf. Soil hard gravel, all the fertilizer put 

 around it was coal ashes. I think the only way to get peaches 

 is to plant the stone and use coal ashes, the fruit will average as 

 good as budded trees. The exposure of my tree is north and 

 east, cold. I have trimmed back one or two feet every fall, shall 

 trim again in a few days. I have no objections if you want some 

 buds when the time comes to use them. 



STATEMENT OF JAMES LOWRIE, DANVERS. 



My vines are from nine to twelve years old. When planted, 

 one year old layers, they have a south-east exposure, are trained 

 with horizontal arms spreading four feet each side. I trim from 

 the fall of the leaf till the end of March, I perceive no difference 

 to the vine by trimming any time during that period. 



My grapes ripen well every year. I have in my garden 29 

 vines : — Delaware 14, lonas 7. I never fruited a Concord until 

 this summer, had them ripen up about eight days before Dela- 

 wore, pulp within the berry well dissolved Had one plate in 

 the fair but not very large, have larger next year, they are free 

 of disease. Vine of Hartford Prolific is subject to consumption, 

 had one nine years in bearing but died under my treatment, I 

 have none now nor want it. Grapes mildewed somewhat, sul- 

 phured for it, result good. lona I am going to plant more of. 



