ON FRUIT TRERS. ^1 



ON FRUIT TREES. 



The Committee on Fruit Trees respectfully Report : 

 That there were five entries made ; three of them 

 were found to come within the conditions upon which 

 premiums are offered, these were from Allen VV. Dodge, 

 of Hamilton, Joshua PI. Ordway, of West Newbury, and 

 Moses Pettingel, of Topstield. Mr. Dodge's Nursery, 

 consisting of Apple and Pear Trees, were thrifty, par- 

 ticularly the latter, these having been raised from the 

 seed two years previous to their budding, having had 

 no covering in the winter. Mr. Dodge's paper, giving 

 a particular account of his method of culture, is append- 

 ed below. Mr. Ordway 's Nursery of Apples and 

 Peaches were of good growth, as also his Plums worked 

 upon the Peach root. Mr. Pettingel's Peach Trees 

 were remarkably thrifty and fine. 



Your Committee would recommend that the first pre- 

 mium of twenty dollars be awarded to Mr. Dodge, the 

 second of ten dollars, to Mr. Ordway, and the third of 

 five dollars to Mr. Pettingel. 



JOHN M. IVES, ^ 



ANDllFW DODGF., | 



MOODY ORDWAY, ^Committee. 



RICHARD PHILLIPS, | 



WILLIAM PEIRCE, J 



ALLEN W. DODGE'S STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Fruit Trees : 



Gentlemen: — At your request, I send a statement 

 respecting the pear trees, which compi'ise a part of my 

 nursery entered for the Society's premium. In the fall 

 of 1840 I procured a lot of pumice of the small choke 

 pears, which I sowed in drills on a dry sandy spot of 

 ground. The seed came up well the following spring, 

 and the trees made the first season an average growth of 

 one foot. Being warned by others of the danger to 

 which they would be exposed during winter, I was in- 

 clined to use some method to protect thein. One ad- 



