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same time. Some in 1804, some a little later, and possibly 

 some a little earlier ; so that to-day none of them can be much 

 over 75 years of age. I had supposed they were older. But 

 taking this statement as true, what is the condition of these 

 orchards as they now exist? What are they producing? What 

 do they promise for the future ? What are the facts in the 

 case? 



The orchard, or rather orchards of Dr.Vaughan, originally 

 consisted of forty acres, in two fields of twenty acres each. 

 One of these fields is situated at a short distance from the 

 buildings, in a southeasterly direction, and on the south side 

 of the road ; more than one-half of this field, the eastern half, 

 is elevated land and faces the west and northwest ; it has been 

 plowed and under cultivation several times during the past 

 thirty years, but from some cause nearl}^ every tree is dead 

 and gone. The other and lesser half is lower land and con- 

 sequently more protected ; it is also moister land, and being 

 rocky it has not been plowed much, if any, and on this por- 

 tion I noticed a good many trees still standing ; I did not go 

 into this orchard or count them, but should judge there might 

 be 150 or 200 trees. 



In the other field, which in reality consists of two, one of 

 about 17 acres and the other of about 3 acres, I took more 

 pains to notice the number of trees left, and their coudition. 

 In the large field I counted just 150 trees, such as they were. 

 They were evidently past renovation ; at any rate, I would not 

 waste much time or money on them. The land is naturally 

 adapted to orcharding, and it must have been protected 

 throughout nearly the whole of its existence by forests on 

 the north and west. I was told by the present proprietors, 

 that it had been plowed only once during the past 25 or 30 

 years. The smaller orchard of three acres lies under and has 

 the protection of a hill, and is exposed to the full burning 

 rays of the sun. Notwithstanding this, the most of the trees 

 are remaining, but few having died ; I counted one hundred. 

 They need pruning, and the land needs to be improved. If 

 something is done soon, the orchard will be good for ten 



