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them were set out last spring, and the balance, about two hundred 

 were sown, and budded upon the ground the year previous. Culti- 

 vation of the land same as with the apple trees. 



W. G. LAKE. 



Topsfield, September 20th, 1847. 



JAMES B. COLE'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Fruit Trees : 



Gentlemen, — The part of my nursery to which I have called 

 your attention, is a lot of Apple trees, about three thousand, one and 

 two years from the bud, mostly two. When they were budded, they 

 were over three from the seed, two Avhen they were transplanted. In 

 the spring of IS^l, they were transplanted into rows four feet apart, 

 and from eight to ten inches from each other, care being taken to se- 

 lect those of uniform size. In August following, I budded them with 

 the best standard varieties, mostly winter fruit. The buds took well. 

 In the spring following, I topped them down within two inches of the 

 bud, which was set near the ground ; they have made wood very 

 rapidly ; a large portion of them have grown nine and ten and a half 

 feet high. The land was broken up in 1843, and planted with pota- 

 toes ; the soil is a light loam, eight to ten inches deep, on a fine grav- 

 elly bottom. I have manured it but once, and then to the amount of 

 three cords of stable manure to the acre. I cultivate the ground so 

 as to keep it free from weeds, light, and in good condition. My nur- 

 sery is located within ten rods of the stopping place of the Glouces- 

 ter Branch Rail Road, on Cabot street. 



Yours, &c. 



JAMES B. COLE. 



Beverly, September 20th, 1847. 



CHARLES F. PUTNAM'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Fruit Trees : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for premium the trees in my nursery at 

 Salem. 



