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There shall be Committees appointed to judge of the several 



descriptions of bread, to -vvhom the names of the contributors shall 

 not be known, and no person shall serve on said Committees if 

 any member of his family shall be a competitor. 



FOREST TREES. 



For the best plantation of Forest Trees, of either of the follow- 

 ing varieties, viz. : — White Oak, Yellow Oak, Locust, Birch, 

 White Ash, or Walnut, Scotch Larch, Norway Spruce, Pitch Pine 

 and White Pino, or other varieties, not less than three years old, 

 and not less than one thousand trees, a premium, to be awarded 

 in 1858, of $20. 



For the best Plantation, to contain not less than five hundred 

 trees, a premium of $10. 



Ornamental Planting. To any city or town of Norfolk 

 County, for the largest number and best growth of ornamental 

 trees, which shall have been planted in a public square or on the 

 roadside at least two years — first premium, $30 ; second do., 



To any individual or society, regard being had to the number 

 of persons associated, for the largest number and best growth of 

 ornamental trees, which shall have been planted in a public square 

 or on the roadside at least two years — first premium, $10 ; second 

 do., $5. 



These premiums to be awarded in the autumn of 1858, and if 

 awarded to a city or town, to be graduated by the population ac- 

 cording to the census of 1850. 



FRUIT TREES. 



Apple Orchard. For the best Apple Orchard, of not less 

 than seventy-five trees, which shall have been set out at least five 

 years, and which shall be in the best and most thriving condition 

 in 1858 — first premium, $10 ; second do., $7 ; third do., $5. 



Pear Trees. For the best engrafted or budded Pear Trees, 

 set out at least five years, and which shall be in the most thriving 

 condition in the autumn of 1858, not less than tiventy-five trees — 

 first premium, $10 ; second do., $5. 



Renovation op Old Apple Orchards. — For the most satis- 

 factory experiment in the renovation of old Apple Orchards, not 

 less than ten trees, on any one farm, which, being reclaimed, shall 

 in 1858 be in fine productive fruit — first premium, $10 ; second 

 do., $5. 



Peach Orchards. For the best Peach Orchard, of not less 

 ih'du fifty trees, set out since 1853, and \\hich shall be in the most 



