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Nevertheless while plowing with Coke on Littleton, and Fearne 

 on Remainders, he occasionally lends a hand to plough the fields 

 and cultivate his mother earth, which yields him a bountiful 

 return. 



The committee found Mr. Scofield and his lady hospitable and 

 generous in their entertainments. He has communicated to your 

 committee substantially what they deem necessary to constitute 

 their report, and the communication is herewith appended. 



The crop of fruit exhibited to your committee by Mr. Scofield, 

 was superior to any they had seen. The quinces were indeed a 

 remarkable production ; the trees were healthy, and the fruit 

 bearing; qualities were very great. Climate and soil, no doubt, 

 have much to do with tl>e quantity as well as the quality of the 

 fruit which the trees yield. 



Morristown is situated in a region of country eminently adapt- 

 ed to the growth of fruit. The soil lies warm and deep over a 

 bed of rocks of a primitive formation. 



The country is high and rolling. It enjoys a pure atmosphere, 

 free from noxious moisture, and the deleterious effects of the air 

 contaminated by vapors from low grounds. 



Gentlemen : 



The committee on agriculture having requested from me a state- 

 ment in relation to the mode of culture and the production of my 

 quinces and root crops,- in pursuance of this, I will first give you 

 such statement In relation to the quinces. 



The soil is a friable, clayey loam of light upland, that stands 

 the drought well. 



This season being very dry, was unfavorable to quinces even on 

 such soil. I have two or three acres of quinces, but the larger 

 part being young trees, I will confine my statements to //^ acres 

 of the oldest, largest, and most productive. 



The trees are in rows 12 feet apart, and 7 to 8 feet distant in 

 the row, making 348 trees on this quantity of gr6und. My princi- 

 pal manure is swamp muck mixed with barn-yard manure, say 



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