OECHARDS. 



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was, that the healing of the stump is not satisfactory ; 

 but we think that a careful attention to keeping the 

 openings covered with wax, and the end of the stump 

 with shellac for a year or two, will obviate any diffi- 

 culty on that score. 



JABEZ FISHER, Chairman. 



ADDISON HUBBARD'S STATEMENT. 



PEACH ORCHARD. 



The peach orchard which I offer for premium was set 

 out in the spring of 1849 ; the trees were one year's 

 growth from the bud. I have headed them in every 

 year since they were set, cutting off at least half of the 

 last year's growth, sometimes three-fourths. The land 

 has been planted every year with potatoes, peas or 

 beans, and manured very light, sometimes putting a 

 few ashes around the trunk of each tree. 



The orchard contains the following varieties : Craw- 

 ford's Early, Coolidge's Favorite, Grosse Mignonne, Red 

 Cheek Melocoton, George IV, Jaque's Rareripe, Early 

 Royal George, Lemon Freestone, Wilder's Seedling and 

 Marshall's Seedling. 



EPHRAIM GRAHAM'S STATEMENT. 



REDEEMED APPLE ORCHARD. 



The reclaimed orchard that I offer for premium con- 

 sists of about sixty trees ; when I first moved to my 

 place in 1839, there was not five barrels of good mer- 

 chantable apples gathered from the premises, but 

 :almost any quantity of cider and other apples might be 



