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STATEMENT OF RASPBERRY CROP RAISED BY W. K. 

 COLE, WEST BOXFORD. 



The piece of raspberries I enter for the Society's pre- 

 mium, was set out in the spring of 1895, rows six feet 

 apart and plants three feet apart in the row ; the plants 

 did well that season, and the following one also. This 

 season they required some thinning. They were cultivated 

 once and weeded out by hand once this season. The piece 

 measures twenty and one-half rods (20.5), the yield was 

 5-47 pint boxes. 



The above statement is respectfully submitted, 



William K. Cole. 

 West Boxford, Oct. 18, 1897. 



STATEMENT OF AMOS HASELTINE CONCERNING A CROP 

 OF CURRANTS. 



The crop of currants entered for premium was grown on 

 bushes set in the springs of 1892, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and were 

 fertilized each year with about 100 pounds muriate of 



