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of, but when going; to Salem market in the spring, we well 

 remember when passing the farms of those pioneer farm- 

 ers. Col. Jesse Putnam and Daniel Putnam of North 

 Danvers, seeing the sad effect of the past cold winter on 

 their young trees, particularly of a young, thrifty orchard 

 of Col. Jesse Putnam, by the road-side, in which nearly 

 every tree was killed, and afterward removed, except a few 

 in one corner of the field on a rise of ground, where the 

 trees were less thrifty, they were less injured ; mutilated, 

 not wholly killed. This calamity was considerably exten- 

 sive, and greatly checked for a season, the ardor of the 

 people in propagating the Baldwin apples. 



Our own orchard suffered considerably, but not as much 

 as some others, as we had not gone so largely into that 

 variety of fruit. A circumstance appeared in our orchard 

 that I have not heard of elsewhere. 



The bark on the north side of our most thrifty bearing 

 trees was loosened from the wood as we perceived by tap- 

 ping on the bark with the handle of a jack knife, and we 

 expected serious loss. When nature performed its work 

 and the sap flowed, the bark adhered to the wood as usual, 

 and but little damage was done, except where there was a 

 hole cut through the bark and let in the air it took a long 

 time to heal up. and then was imperfect. 



There has been no ap])lication for premium during the 

 past year, for a new variety of winter apples. Mr. Alfred 

 Ordway of Bradford, again presented a sample of his new 

 variety of apples at the Institute at Lawrence, and the 

 chairman of your committee is of the opinion that they 

 may be an apple worthy of cultivation, and would recom- 

 mend that apple growers procure scions and test them on 

 different soils, that we may know more of their value, and 

 that Mr. Ordway receive a gratuity of twenty dollars for 

 the interest he has taken in the matter, and to induce 

 others to follow his example. 



