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ORCHAEDS. 



We have next to notice the orchard of our President, 

 Dr. Jabez Fisher. Here we spent several hours, with 

 much pleasure and some profit. His statement is full 

 and particular, and for most particulars we would refer 

 to that. His trees have been set four years, and were 

 from two to four years from the budding when set; some 

 of their heads had got turned a little in the nursery. 

 This defect he is overcoming and in a year or two all 

 other things being equal, their heads will be equal or 

 nearly so. The trees are making a very strong growth, 

 all look healthy and in good condition, with the small 

 exception abeady mentioned, and this pertains to a small 

 part only of his 137 trees. The Committee were satis- 

 fied that this orchard will be better, and more perfect in 

 a year or two than it is now, it will then be best. 



After making a careful examiAation, of these several 

 orchards, the Committee were in no doubt which were 

 the best two; the next question, which was the best one^ 

 was not as readily decided ; after due deliberation, how- 

 ever, the Committee were unanimous in their opinion 

 that the orchard of Dr. C. C. Field, of Leominster, is 

 71010 the most perfect, and awarded him the first premium 

 of $10,00; and the second premium of $5,00 to Dr. 

 Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, for his orchard notv almost 

 perfect. 



Before preparing this report the Chairman of the 

 Committee has carefully examined all the reports of 

 former committees on orchards, and competitors state- 

 ments of their management of their respective orchards^ 

 and various incidental remarks on the same subject, 

 which have fallen from Committees on fruits, and Com- 

 mittees on farms, and from other sources which have 



