STATEMENT ON PEACH TREES. 



Committee of Hampshire Agricultural Society^ 



Gentlemen : — 



The thirty peach trees I enter for premium 

 were planted May 3d, 1883. Before planting I trimmed them to 

 single stems. They were then set out fifteen feet apart each way, 

 and the land planted to corn, which would have been a good crop had 

 it not been necessary to cut it prematurely to save it from the frost. 

 The land is good corn land, and is in good heart. The trees were 

 rather long in starting, but have since made a very satisfactory 

 growth. I got the trees from the Mass. Agricultural College. 



Respectfully, 



JOHN C. DILLON. 



Amherst, Oct. 29th, 1883. 



