90 ON FRUIT TREES. 



We annex the statements of Mr. Joshua H. Ordway and 

 Mr. Ephraim Woods. 



Respectfully submitted, for the Committee, 



JOHN M. IVES, 



Salem, Nov. 17, 1845. 



GEORGE THURLOW, 

 ABEL NICHOLS. 



JOSHUA H. ORD way's STATEMENT. 



To the Committee on Fruit Trees: 



Gentlemen, — The trees to which I would call your particu- 

 lar attention, are two lots of apple, one lot of from fifteen to 

 eighteen hundred, two and three years old from tVie bud, the 

 other of twenty-five hundred, one year from the bud, stocks 

 four from seed, transplanted when two years old. 



The following was the course pursued in raising the last 

 named lot, which is, I think, the best method, on a soil like 

 mine, which is rather diflicult to cultivate, being a hard gravel 

 and slate, with a strong clay subsoil, naturally ill adapted for 

 raising trees or fruit. In the autumn of 1841 I ploughed about 

 fifteen rods of land, eight inches deep, where corn grew that 

 season, spread two loads of fine barnyard manure on the sur- 

 face and harrowed it smooth ; I then, by line, made shallow 

 drills three feet apart, into which I scattered pomace as taken 

 from the mill, sufficiently thick, covering it lightly not exceed- 

 ing half an inch deep ; the trees came up well, were hoed sev- 

 eral times, the unhealthy ones taken out. In two seasons they 

 made a good uniform growth. In the spring of 1844, they be- 

 ing two years old, were transplanted, (first cutting off" the tap 

 root,) in rows four feet apart, ten inches from each other, care 

 being taken to select those of uniform size and thrift ; the re- 

 mainder are set on another lot, not being of sufficient size to bud. 



In August following, I budded twenty-five hundred with the 

 best standard varieties, mostly winter fruit ; the buds took fine- 

 ly, in several rows of one hundred each, scarcely a bud failed. 

 They have made a very straight uniform growth this season. 



