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To the Committee on Fruit Trees : 



Gentlemen — The apple trees, which I offer for premium, were 

 engrafted since 1845, and the most of them since 1840. I have 

 grafted on 88 large trees and 1300 nursery trees, for which I 

 paid out $52.00, and worked myself with the men while grafting. 



The fruit is principally Baldwins, Porters, and Hubbardston 

 Nonesuch. The fruit that grew on twelve trees, in 1855, is as 



follows : 



HuhbanUton Nonesuch. 



No. 1, Grafted 1847, Yielded 35|- bushels 10 barrels market apples. 



4, " 1847, " 



Respectfully yours, 

 Dover, October 25, 1855. 



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HENRY GOULDING. 



Grantville, Oct. 16, 1855. 

 To the Committee on Fruit Trees : 



The orchard, which I offer for premium, contains 150 apple 

 trees, set out since 1850. Many of them appear to have doubled 

 in size within three and a half years. They have always been 

 supplied with meadow muck, and one season I applied liquid ma- 

 nure, composed of suds and chamber slops, to the extremities of 

 the roots, trenching a few inches deep for the purpose. This was 

 done in the fall. 



I have never seen a single borer, and but few canker-worms 

 about them. The earth has always been kept open at the roots, 

 and the weeds kept down. The location is elevated, and the soil 

 is strong gravelly loam. S. B. SUMNER. 



