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two years from the seed and one from the bud, consisting of nearly 

 equal parts of the following varieties : — Baldwin, R. I. Greening, 

 Northern Spy, Porter, William's Favorite, Epes' Sweeting and Fall 

 Harvest. They have made a straight and average growth of nearly 

 four feet — very few of the buds having failed. 



Also, about three thousand apple, two and three years from the 

 bud, consisting of the following varieties : — Gravenstein, Porter, 

 Kilham Hill, Fall Pippin, Baldwin, R. I. Greening, &c. 



Also, about three thousand pear trees, two years from the seed 

 and one from the bud, consisting of Louis Bon de Jersey, Bartlett, 

 Flemish Beauty, Nopoleon, &c. 



My land is mostly a gravelly loam, manured four years ago with 

 crushed bone, at the rate of twenty-five bushels to the acre, with a 

 slight dressing of barn yard manure, when the trees were set in the 

 rows. The growth of my trees have not been extraordinary, but 

 uniform and healthy. 



Respectfully yours, 



SAMUEL C. PITMAN. 



Upper Swampscot, Lynn, September 29th, 1848. 



WM.G. LAKtyS STATEMENT. 



To the Committee, on Fruit Trees : 



Gentlemen, — I offer for the Society premium three thousand one 

 hundred and seventy-eight Baldwin apple trees, standing on twenty- 

 three and one quarter square rods of land. These trees are two 

 years old from the seed, and one only from the bud. The heighth 

 will average from 83 to 4 feet, this being the entire growth of this 

 season. 



The land on which these trees stand, was prepared in the follow- 

 ing manner, viz. : — In the year 1844, it was broken up, and planted 

 with potatoes, it then being well manured. In 1845, a crop of seed- 

 ling pear and apple trees, was raised. In 1846, the trees were set 

 in nurseries in rows, when one year old. In 1847, they were bud- 

 ded, being- two years old from the seed. There has been no manure 

 applied to this land since the potatoes were planted in 1844, except 



