question came up as to the value of such trees, and it was the 

 unanimous opinion that $25 dollars each was not above their 

 value. 13 not this an inducement, in a pecuniary point of 

 view, to plant good trees well, and on good ground, well lo- 

 cated, and after, cultivate well? 



After examining these several orchards, the Committee had 

 no hesitation in awarding the two small premiums placed at 

 their disposal. 



To Enoch Caldwell we award the First, $5 00 



" Addison Hubbard the second premium of 3 00 



We regret these premiums are not larger, for had they been 

 ten times larger, the recipients would have been richly entitled 

 to them, considering the amount which it costs to produce a 

 good orchard. The Committee hope the premiums on orchards 

 will be increased as soon as the funds of the Society will per- 

 mit. 



All of which is respectfully submitted by 



JONAS A. MARSHALL, 



For the Committee. 



Statement of John Brooks, Jr. 



Princeton, Sept. 24, 1855. 



As requested I send you a statement in regard to my orch- 

 ards, entered at the Worcester North Agricultural Society, viz. 



My West orchard was set out in Spring of 1850, trees were 

 two years from the bud; the soil is a clay loam, clay subsoil : 

 it contains 130 trees, 25 feet apart each way : the holes were 

 dug 18 inches deep, 4 to 5 feet wide ;. there are 15 varieties, 

 viz., 20 Baldwins, 10 Hubbardston Nonesuch, 10 Ladies Sweet, 

 10 Lyscomb, 10 Mother, 10 Roxbury Russett, 10 Golden 

 Russett, 10 Jewett Sweet, 10 Danvers Sweet, 10 Fall apples, 

 5 Moore's Sweet, 5 Pear Russett, 5 Minister, 5 Golden Ball. 

 The piece was broken up the fall of 1S49. 1850 we raised 

 a crop of potatoes, no manure but plaster in the hill, the next 

 fall we put two heaps of manure on the piece, containing ten 

 loads each, spread in the spring, plowed it in. and sowed oats, 



