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producers of new varieties has been to get one that is equal 

 to the Wilson in all points and to excel it in quality. 



If allowed to get fully ripe before picking it is hard to beat in 

 quality, it is then sweet, sprightly and good enough for any one. 

 A week, many times, is not too long between the pickings. I 

 have sent berries to Boston, which have been left on the vines 

 that length of time aud they arrived in good order and gave 

 satisfaction. 



I venture to say that more money, ten times over, has been 

 made producing the Wilson than all other varieties together. 



Mr. Emory, of the Committee, visited the farm of Mr. Stiles, 

 to examine his blackberries. 



Mr. Emory says that his crop is certainly entitled to a premi- 

 um. We therefore recommend that the Trustees award. 



$10. First premium, to Lewis B. Davis, Amesbury, for crop 

 strawberries. 



$10. First premium, to Daniel Stiles, No. Andover, for crop 

 blackberries. 



B. F. Huntington, Edward E. Woodman, Frank A. Emory, 

 Joseph Ilsley — Committee. 



STATEMENT OF L. B. DAVIS, AMESBURY, OF STRAWBERRY 



CROP. 



The forty-one and three one hundredths (41 3-100) rods of 

 land on which my strawberries were raised this present year ; 

 was in the spring of 1887 ploughed, and one and one-half cords 

 of stable manure spread on and harrowed in. Then planted 

 with potatoes, of which I harvested sixty bushels. In the 

 spring of 1888 the land was again ploughed six inches deep, and 

 two cords of fine manure and twenty bushels of ashes spread on 

 and harrowed in with a common iron tooth harrow. The straw- 

 berry plants were set in May, in rows four feet apart, and fifteen 

 inches apart in the rows. The runners were allowed to grow 

 and fill in the space between the rows. In November the plauts 



