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with the soil, lie raises the soil around the tree from four to six 

 inches above the natural surface, and leaves it thus raised 

 through the year. In June he removes the little mound from 

 around the tree, and has all the work of the borer six inches 

 above the ground, where he can easily work. With the knife 

 and wire, guided by the exuding sap, the work of extermination 

 is rapid and sure. After the operation, the soil is raised 

 around the tree as before, and is left for the October work, 

 when it is again removed, the examination made, and the soil 

 returned. In this way, with perseverance, every orchard in 

 the country can be saved from the ravages of the borer. 



Varieties. — Success in the apple orchard depends in no small 

 degree upon the variety chosen. In selecting the Baldwin, 

 Greening and Russet, for New England, one cannot mistake ; 

 after this the way is not quite so clear. 



A member of this Committee, Cheever Newhall, Esq., of 

 Dorchester, when sixty years of age, set out an orchard of 

 forty trees, about twenty of the Williams, and twenty of the 

 Gravenstein. This autumn the fruit of the above orchard, now 

 twenty years old, sold for about -1500. 



The Gravenstein begins to ripen early in September, and 

 continues through October. The fruit should not be picked ; 

 it is in the best condition for market when it falls from the 

 tree. The custom is to cover the ground with salt hay or litter 

 to protect the fruit, and pick the apples from the ground as 

 they fall from day to day. The duration of the fruit is thus 

 prolonged for a period of ten weeks. 



The Committee have the honor to present the following list 

 for general cultivation, prepared for them by the President of 

 the Norfolk Agricultural Society, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder : — 



List of Apples for General Cultivation. 



Summer. — Red Astrachan, August ; Williams, August ; Sweet 

 Bough, August. 



Aulumn. — Gravenstein, September and November; Porter, 

 September and October ; Hubbardston Nonsuch, November and 

 December. 



Winter. — Baldwin, Rhode Island Greening, Roxbury Russet ; 

 Tompkins Co. King — fine, large, red winter, promises to be very 

 valuable as a market fruit. 



Sweet. — Lyman Sweet, large yellow, late autumn, into win- 

 ter ; Ladies' Sweet, keeping into June. 



The Committee award the following premiums: — 

 To David l^haw, of Foxborough, for his apple orchard, the 

 first premium of $S. To llenry Comey, A. R. Aldrich, C. W. 



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