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A few that did not grow well have been dug up, and others set 

 in their place. The trees were set thirty feet apart, with a roAv 

 of peach trees between them, each way. I have raised corn and 

 potatoes and vines every year since the trees were set out. I 

 dig around the trees and dig out the borers every spring. I 

 manure in the hill, putting two shovelfuls to each tree, when 

 planting. The trees are Baldwins, Greenings, Ilubbardston 

 Nonesuch, and Porters. 



Henry Goulding. 



Dover, Sept. 26, 1857. 



REPORT ON FRUITS. 



The Committee on Fruits have awarded the Society's premiums 

 as follows : — 



For the best collection of apples — 



To Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, the first premium of $5.00 



To A. W. Shumway of Dover, the second premium of 3.00 



To H. H. Hunnewell of Needham, the third premium of 2.00 



For the best collection of pears — 



To Marshall P. Wilder of Dorchester, the first premium of 5.00 



To H. S. Williams of Brookline, the second premium of 3.00 



To Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, the third premium of 2.00 



For best collection of peaches — 

 To Henry Goulding of Dover, 75 varieties, the first premium of 5.00 

 To Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, the second premium of 3.00 

 To Willard Lewis of Walpole, the third premium of . 2.00 



For the best dish of pears, Doy-Boussock — 

 To J. H. Chadwick of Roxbury, a premium of . . 2.00 

 To Thaddeus Clapp of Dorchester, for splendid secklcs. Diploma. 



For the best dish of apples, Hubbardson Nonsuch — 

 To Miss M. A. Carlton of Dorchester, a premium of . 2.00 

 To Marshall Stearns of Brookline, for very fine Graven- 

 stein apples, ....... Diploma. 



To C. F. Curtis of Jamaica Plain, for basket of splendid 



fruits, a gratuity of ..... . 2.00 



For the best collection of foreign grapes — 

 To Charles B. Shaw of Dedham, the first premium of , 5.00 

 To EdAvard S. Rand of Dedham, the second premium of 3.00 

 To Robert Watt of West Roxbury, for his superior skill 



in the management of Graperies, . . , .Diploma. 



