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their visit — can bear witness to the flourishing condition of the 

 pear trees, to the great productiveness of the strawberries, and 

 the long time the fruit continued to be produced. It was tlie 

 opinion of those who saw them that they had never seen vines 

 so loaded with fruit. The chairman visited the field after most 

 of the strawberry vines in the neighborhood had ceased bearing, 

 a pretty sharp drought having set in, and found Mr. Newell's 

 vines still loaded with fruit in all stages, from the blossom to 

 perfect ripeness. The young berries appeared to be swelling, 

 and from the fresh and vigorous character of the vines, seemed 

 in a fair way to mature perfectly, which, as Mr. Newell has 

 stated, was the result. 



The committee regard the experiments of Mr. Newell as of no 

 ordinary interest, and they desire to express their thanks for his 

 kindness in explaining the processes which he has adopted in 

 irrigation, the results of which, in his case, increase, in an 

 important degree, the evidence in favor of that practice. In 

 the report of 1860^ we took occasion to speak of irrigation as a 

 subject to which the attention, of our farmers ought to be more 

 particularly directed than it has hitherto been, inasmuch as it 

 furnishes, in many instances, the cheapest means of increasing 

 the yield of crops. We trust that the examples which we have 

 brought forward, will have the effect to stir up the minds of our 

 farmers to the benefits they may derive by the adoption of this 

 mode of fertilization. 



Sanford Howard, Chairman. 



WINE- MA KING. 



MIDDLESEX. 



Statement of E. W. Bull. 



Process op Wine-Making. — Domestic wines made from the 

 small fruit, have been made in New England for a long time, 

 and when well made, are very wholesome and palatable. I 

 have tasted of currant wine — old and fine — equal or very nearly 

 so, to fine Sicily Madeira. With these we do not propose to 

 deal at this time, but to show that even in the rugged climate 



