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in their places. The trees we set thirty feet apart. I have raised 

 corn and potatoes and vines every year since tlie 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 Baldwin, liubbardston Nonesuch and 

 Porters. 



Henry Goulding. 

 Dover, Nov, 15, 1858. 



REPORT ON FRUIT. 



The display of fruit is, to many persons, the most attractive 

 feature of our annual exhibition. The thrifty farmer sees in it, at 

 least, an article of produce and sale — a source of revenue, and 

 with the light of the knowledge imparted by Physiology, he re- 

 gards it as a most useful and necessary addition to his daily bread, 

 — a partial substitute for the physician, and a relief to his pork 

 barrel. The amateur horticulturist, with the curious eye of the 

 connoisseur, inspects the fine specimens of new and rare, or per- 

 haps older and more valuable varieties, and the lover of beauty 

 gratifies his artistic feelings by admiring the fair proportions and 

 rich colors of ruddy cheeked apples, melting pears, luscious 

 peaches and clustering grapes. For these, or other reasons, all 

 persons are more or less interested in these productions of the 

 garden and the orchard. 



As an article of profit, we incline to think that the cultivation 

 of fruit for the market is not sufficiently attended to in this vicin- 

 ity. The love of fine fruit in our community is increasing. The 

 better qualities are sought for, and the supply is unequal to the 

 demand. Good fruit has an increasing market value, and a little 

 extra care in gathering, assorting and packing, is sure to be well 

 repaid in the additional price obtained. 



It is not our purpose to attempt an Essay on Fruit Cultivation, 

 to give advice as to the best methods of planting and feeding 

 fruit trees, or to speak of the many obstacles in the way of suc- 

 cess. There are well written treatises, accessible to every one, 

 tliat contain the combined knowledge of many car'cful, thoughtful 

 and practical men. There is hardly any serious difficulty that 

 may not be overcome ; — there is but one subtle enemy that we are 

 unable to con(|uer. Whoever shall discover and make known a 

 simple and efficient check to the destruction caused by this insig- 

 nificant looking beetle, but most dangerous enemy, — the Cu-rcnUo, 

 — will do more than we can express, to encourage fruit growers 



