54 ON MULBERRY TREES AND SILK. 



G. B. perry's statement. 



To John W. Proctor, Esq. 



Dear sir: — I wish through you, to present to the 

 Essex County Agricultural Society, an orchard of 

 white mulbery trees for their examination and award. 



The trees in this plantation stand one rod apart 

 each way, vary from five to twelve years in age, 

 were all cultivated from the seed by myself. They 

 vary considerably in height, some of them being ten 

 or twelve feet, where others do not exceed three or 

 four; the probable average may be seven or eight. 

 The reason they are not generally taller, is, that they 

 have been kept headed down in the nursery for the 

 purpose of feeding the silk worms. They stand now 

 in a soil of mixed sand and loam, mostly upon a 

 slaty sub-soil. So far as I understand the subject, 

 I believe them favorably situated, both for encour- 

 aging growth, and rich and nourishing foliage. They 

 were transplanted from the nursery this spring, and 

 have done well, though the extreme dryness of the 

 season was unfavorable. A few have died; there 

 remain between five and six hundred, whch may be 

 considered as being flourishing and promising to do 

 well. My intention is to let them throw out lateral 

 branches, but not to suffer them to grow above ten or 

 twelve feet. Whether this will prove a well advised 

 course must await the result of actual experiment. 

 Respectfully yours, 



G. B. PERRY. 



Bradford, September 1, 1840 



JOSEPH Foster's statement. 

 To the Committee on Mulberry Trees, ^c. 

 Gentlemen — I offer for premium an orchard of 



