REPORT ON FRUITS. 



§. 



The Hampshire Agricultural Society is prominent in its position^ 

 casting its shadow over a large family of youthful farmers, gathered 

 from all parts of the State, leading them by the hand, pointing them 

 to the eminence which they may attain by virtue, industry and pa- 

 tience, mingled with talent, where they may regard themselves as 

 qualified and prepared to exert a mighty influence upon the agricul- 

 tural, financial and political interests of the country. Also, over a 

 literary institution where the twigs are bent as the trees should 

 incline. The society, scorning trickery and dictation by speculators, 

 will exert its utmost power to promote the interests for which it was 

 created, will tolerate no partiality in the aw-ards of premiums nor 

 unfairness in any manner. Such is our understanding of the char- 

 acter of the society ; without that confidence we should decKne to 

 co-operate. 



Reporting upon fruit in its different conditions and requirements 

 necessitates a knowledge which we claim not to possess, and you 

 will pardon us if we depart from the usual track of our predeces- 

 sors. The multiplicity of varieties of apples, their relative value for 

 culinary, dessert and commercial jjurposes, the management of 

 orchards, cultivated or in sod, and year of bearing, are each perti- 

 nent in our opinion to be discussed on such occasions. 



YEAR or BKAEING. 



This topic deserves intense thought and thorough investigation, 

 though usually treated with stoical indifference. Strange that ques- 

 tions of vital importance to communities should call forth active 

 opposition and ridicule, when brought to the notice of individuals ; 

 such has been the fate of the idea of comparatively equalizing the 

 crops of apples in the different 3'ears. We are happy to announce 

 that the effort is crowned with perfect success. 



Our attention was first called, some twenty years since, to a vari- 

 ety of fruit, by the account of its wonderful productiveness. Wish- 



