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Summer.— Ued Astrachan, August ; Williams, August ; Sweet 

 Bough, August. 



^w^wmw.— Gravenstein, September and November; Porter, 

 September and October ; Hubbardston Nonesuch, November and 

 December. 



Winier.— Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russet ; 

 Tompkins County King— fine, large, red winter, prom'ises to be 

 very valuable as a market fruit. 



Sweei.—Lymtin Sweet, large yellow, late autumn, into win- 

 ter ; Ladies' Sweet, keeping into June. 



,^ ^ , A. K. Teele, Chairman. 



Milton, December 22, 1868. 



HEDGES. 



WORCESTER NORTH. 



Statement of Charles Mason. 

 The live fence, or hedge, entered by me for a premium, in its 

 whole length extends about sixty rods. About one-half of it 

 is buckthorn, the rest three-thorned acacia, sometimes called 

 honey-locust. 



The experiment was made under considerable disadvantages. 

 The ground, naturally not of the best in respect to the quality 

 of the soil, had not been put into proper condition to insure the 

 most successful result. The hedge was planted on the line of a 

 public road, recently built, the grading of which required more 

 or less cutting and filling; and to bring the hedge-bed to con- 

 form to the grade of the road it was necessary to raise or lower 

 the ground in places^ to suit the case. The consequence was a 

 great diversity in the soil along the line, and this has occasioned 

 a corresponding inequality in the growth of the plants. 



The preparation, such as it was, consisted in ploughing up, 

 the year previous, a narrow strip along where the hedge was to 

 stand, and in digging, at the time of transplanting, a trench 

 about a foot deep and two feet wide, which was filled up with 

 such loam, but indifferent in quality, as could conveniently be 

 obtained for the purpose ; and in this the plants were set. 



