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the team. We judge liim to be a good farmer, his 

 cultivation is clear and thorough, no weeds or grass 

 around his trees, or wall which protects his orchard ; 

 the whole ground is cultivated in this orchard 

 neatly. We have no doubt but Mr. Minott has the 

 best apple orchard that can be found in his vicinity. 

 His farm is located in the west part of Westminster 5 

 for further particulars would refer to his written state- 

 ment. His pear orchard is situated near his dwelling 

 house, sloping gently to the south ; soil a good warm, 

 and strong loam, rich and in good cultivation as a 

 vegetable garden; contains 68 pear trees, generally 

 looking well and making a good growth -, we think they 

 have been well cultivated and the soil and location well 

 selected. We have no premium at our disposal for a 

 pear orchard, but the Committee were unanimous in 

 the opinion that Mr. M. richly merited something at 

 our hands, for his success in cultivating the pear, and 

 we recommend a gratuity of $4,00 to him for his pear 

 orchard ; we would also refer to his written statement 

 relating to pear orchard. Justice demands that we 

 state the that Committee were most kindl}^ and hospita- 

 bly received and entertained by Mr. Minott and family ; 

 we were pleased with his farm and the general indica- 

 tions of neatness and good husbandry, but on entering 

 his house we found it was not all outside show. 



We next visited Dr. C. C. Field's orchard, in Leom- 

 inster. His trees have been planted nine and ten years, 

 all the same age from the budding, are in a good 

 bearing condition, remarkably uniform in size and 

 appearance; it contains 180 trees, mostly Baldwins. 

 They were carefully selected and planted by a gentle- 



