EEPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GARDENS 159 



George E. Barnard's Gardens at Ipswich. 



On September 7 the committee again visited the gardens of 

 George E. Barnard at Ipswich and found them brilliant with the 

 flowering of the early autumn. The velvety lawns bordered with 

 masses of flowering plants showed the refreshing influence of the 

 recent rains and the various vegetable and fruit sections were in 

 their usual fine condition. 



The rock garden was very well covered for the first year and the 

 water garden was an attractive feature of the estate. The double 

 row of fruit trees grown en espalier along one of the main paths 

 showed a high degree of skill in producing the results obtained and 

 the condition of the entire estate, which has become a notable 

 one in this region, reflected credit both upon the owner for his 

 horticultural enthusiasm and upon the head gardener, John S. 

 Critchley, for his professional ability in carrying out the work. 



The Turner Hill Orchard at Ipswich. 



On September 7 the committee also inspected the great orchards 

 of the Turner Hill Farm at Ipswich of which Fred A. Smith is the 

 general manager. 



Here have been set out during the last five or six years a notable 

 collection of large and small fruits and the object of the enterprise 

 is to show the possibility of profitable orcharding on a large scale 

 in this section of the country. About one hundred acres have been 

 planted thus far, containing some ten thousand fruit trees, princi- 

 pally of the apple. The trees are planted 20 X 20, every other 

 row containing semi-permanent varieties used as fillers, such as 

 Yellow Transparent, Duchess, Wealthy, and Wagener, eventually 

 leaving the trees 40 X 40. The principal varieties grown are the 

 Mcintosh, Wealthy, and Baldwin, although many other varieties 

 are included in smaller number. 



There are also large blocks of pear trees of the Bartlett, Bosc, 

 and Clapp's Favorite, and in some of the orchards raspberries 

 and currants have been grown for several years, proving thus far 

 a profitable crop. 



