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without trouble from stump foot. Fish manure is good 

 for cabbage land. 



Mr. Tapley of Revere, planted a piece of land twice 

 with beets and once with parsnips, last yea,r. None came 

 up. Turned over the soil and planted spinnage, and had 

 100 bushels on 1200 sq. ft. of land. 



S. S. Pratt, James P. King, Aaron Low, T. C. Thur- 

 low were among others who spoke on the subject. 



In the afternoon, G. A. Tapley of Revere, spoke on 

 "Fruit Culture.'* He said that pears need strong, rich, 

 clayey soil or clay sub-soil to do best. He scatters three 

 ■quarts of coarse, ground bone around the roots in setting 

 out, and sets them three inches below surface, not over 

 six inches in setting dwarfs on clay soil. Standards on 

 gravelly soil must be set deeper. In setting on high land 

 put wheelbarrow of clay under them ; on clay land, loam. 

 Sets Bartletts, Beurre Bosc, and Anjou's for money. If 

 trees grow fast you cannot prune too much. Grafting 

 can be done warm days in February, from then to time of 

 blossoming. Would pick off half the fruit on tree ; one 

 good pear is worth four poor ones. Bartletts pick six or 

 eight days before ripe. He commenced 2d of August, 

 poorest fruit ; next picking, picked half off. Don't prop a 

 tree ; pick the fruit off. Sorting important ; putting poor 

 with good makes all poor ; difference of 75 cts. to $1.00 

 per bushel between first and second quality Duchess. 

 Totofsky is the earliest apple he raises. Sold at $2 per 

 bushel, from the tree, the past year. To keep apples in 

 storage the temperature should be kept between freezing 

 point and forty degrees, with occasional change of air. 



T. C. Thurlow of West Newbury, didn't agree with 

 Mr. Tapley about the Totofsky apple. He thought the 

 Gravenstein the best apple for the market. Fruits 

 brought here from a distance do not do as well as those 

 originating here, such as the Baldwin and Hubbardston. 

 Tol man's and Jacob's Sweet apples he considered the best 

 for winter. He believed that hogs were of great value in 

 an orchard, as also in the barn cellar, and more should be 



