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man wlio understands the business. The soil is a strong 

 slaty loam^ sloping gently to the south-west ; the trees 

 are all healthy and very perfect, it is a beautiful orchard- 

 The statement of Dr. Field will give his mode of 

 cultivation and general management of his trees, and 

 contains some very good suggestions, which see. 



Joseph Peirce's orchard is in the village of Fitchburg^ 

 on Prospect street; contains 33 trees, on a pretty steep 

 side hill, sloping to the east or south-east. His trees 

 are not as uniform in size and appearance as Dr. 

 Field's, has some very good trees — the soil is a clayey 

 loam on a clay subsoil; has been troubled with the 

 borer considerably, and thinks his trees have been 

 injured by potash water, used before he bought the 

 orchard. His trees are now growing well, the land is in 

 good cultivation, and he intends keeping it so. 



Addison Hubbard's is near the village of Fitchburg^ 

 on Mechanic street ; is located on a steep side hill, with 

 nearly the same inclination to the east and south-east^ 

 as Mr. Pierce's — soil gravely loam, resting on clay 

 and mica-slate; his orchard contains 118 trees. His. 

 statement shows the manner he obtained his trees; 

 they are set only one and a half rods apart, which is 

 quite to near. Mr. Hubbard has at present a very 

 good orchard, producing well, they have been planted 

 from twelve to fifteen years. What has been done in 

 in this orchard has mostly been done by Mr. Hubbard's 

 own hands, and it is not a little; he deserves much 

 credit for what he has accomplished. He obtained the 

 second premium on his orchard in 1855, he could now 

 only compete for the first. We found those we thought 

 better. 



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