58 ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS. 



ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS. 



The Committee on orchards and vineyards make the 

 following awards : 



1st, to Jabez Fisher, of Fitchburg, on Native 



grapes, $10,00 



2d, to Wm. G. Wyman, of Fitchburg, 5,00 



For the Committee, 



T. R. BOUTELLE, Chairman. 



JABEZ FISHER'S STATEMENT. 



The "Plantation of Native Grapes" to which I have 

 invited your attention, consists of fifty-two vines in a 

 single row. The vines were grown by layering in 

 1856, and set in their present location in the spring 

 of 1857. The exposure is a gentle slope to the south 

 and east, with shelter on the north and west. The soil 

 is a strong loam resting on a clayey substratum. 

 Water having been found to stand within two and 

 one-half feet of the surface occasionally during the 

 year, especially in spring and autumn, a drain was laid 

 previously to planting the vines, directly underneath 

 where they now are, three feet deep. Tile was used 

 for the bottom, and small stones were filled in above 

 to within eighteen inches of the surface. Upon these 

 a layer of horn waste was spread, and loam filled in 

 to the top. The ground was not trenched nor other- 

 wise specially prepared, only as it had been left after 

 the cultivation of ordinary crops. The variety was 



