30 ESSEX SOCIETY. 



I don't prune much, as the trees advance in age and size, 

 merely cutting off superfluous branches, and keep a good bal- 

 ance of the top. 



A word in regard to the time of transplanting trees to the 

 nursery, or orchard. I have had much the best success, when 

 removing them in early spring, with few exceptions. Young 

 trees set in the fall, are liable to be thrown out by frost ; and 

 all, whether large or small, often suffer injury, by having their 

 roots severely frozen, when the ground is bare, during our se- 

 vere winters. 



Ordway's Nursery, West Neivbury, Oct. 30, 1845. 



Live Fences. 

 The committee, Joseph How, Chairman, recommend that 

 George Cogswell, of Bradford, the only claimant, receive the 

 first premium, of twenty dollars. 



George CogswelVs Statement. 



A part of the hedge which I offer for premium, is hawthorn ; 

 the other part is buckthorn. 



There are about seven rods of the hawthorn, which was set 

 by me in the spring of 1834. The plants were then two years 

 old, taken from a nursery at Indian Hill Farm, West New- 

 bury, Mass. They were placed six inches apart, without any 

 preparation of the soil. They were cut within six inches of 

 the ground when set out; the September following, trimmed 

 nearly back to the first cutting ; spring following, in June, 

 trimmed to within eight inches of the last cutting ; again in Sep- 

 tember, trimmed nearly back to the spring cutting : and so on 

 from year to year, to its present growth, which is five feet three 

 inches high, and three feet thick. It is now eight years since 

 the hedge was set ; for the last three, it has been used as a fence 

 to my front yard, and has proved an impenetrable barrier to any 

 annoyance which might occur from numerous droves of cattle 

 and swine. It has been kept free from weeds, and manured 

 twice. No plant of the original number has died. During the 

 summer, this presents a beautiful and delicate foliage, surpass- 



