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REPORT ON FRUIT TREES. 



The Committee on Fruit Trees have awarded the following 

 premiums : — 



To John Bullard, Jr., of Medway, for his apple orchard, the first 

 premium, ....... $il5.00 



To Henry Goulding of Dover, for his apjile orchard, the second 

 premium, ....... $10.00 



The statements in regard to the abovcmentioned orchards, ac- 

 company this report. 



EDWARD M. RICHARDS, Chairman. 

 Bedham, Dec. 3, 1857. 



JOHN BULLARD, JR'S, STATEMENT. 



The orchard which I oifer for premium, was planted in the 

 springs of 1853-1. It contains 551 trees, — 347 are Baldwins, 50 

 Hubbardston Nonesuch, 31 Russets, 19 Rhode Island Green- 

 ings, 13 Lady Sweets, 10 Ministers, 12 Northern Spy, 15 Gra- 

 venstein, 12 Golden Pippins, 12 Red Astrican, 12 Porters, 9 Wil- 

 liams, 9 Tolman Sweets. The holes were dug thirty feet apart, 

 three feet in diameter, and two feet deep, and loam was put into 

 each hole before setting the trees. The land has been planted 

 with corn, potatoes, beans, and wheat in part. The new cleared 

 land has been cultivated with the plough and hoe, and not planted. 

 The trees on this part are the most thrifty of any in the 10^ 

 acre lot. There were peach trees set between each apple tree ; 

 but I did not succeed very well in these. The winters have 

 proved too severe for them, and several of them are now dead. 



John Bullard, Jii. 



Uast Medway, Nov. 28, 1857. 



HENRY GOULDING'S STATEMENT. 



Gentlemen — The apple orchard which I offer for premium 

 contains 123 trees. 



