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... trees date back perhaps to the Norman conquest - the close - shaven lawn , on whose green velvet pile , it is a luxury to look , a luxury to tread - the shrubbery , the vines , the flowers , which cluster so profusely round the abodes ...
... trees date back perhaps to the Norman conquest - the close - shaven lawn , on whose green velvet pile , it is a luxury to look , a luxury to tread - the shrubbery , the vines , the flowers , which cluster so profusely round the abodes ...
Page 69
... trees require a deep and strong soil . clay or hard gravel subsoil is to be preferred . If the soil is heavy or without good natural drainage , it should be under- drained . This can be done by digging trenches three to four feet in ...
... trees require a deep and strong soil . clay or hard gravel subsoil is to be preferred . If the soil is heavy or without good natural drainage , it should be under- drained . This can be done by digging trenches three to four feet in ...
Page 70
... Trees planted in deep and well - prepared soil have been apparently but little affected by the severe droughts , whilst in soils even best adapted naturally for their growth , which had not been pre- pared by spading to a proper depth ...
... Trees planted in deep and well - prepared soil have been apparently but little affected by the severe droughts , whilst in soils even best adapted naturally for their growth , which had not been pre- pared by spading to a proper depth ...
Page 71
... trees should be planted with great care , the roots placed in their natural positions , and the earth carefully packed about them . Trees upon the pear root should be planted at the same depth they stood in the nursery , but those upon ...
... trees should be planted with great care , the roots placed in their natural positions , and the earth carefully packed about them . Trees upon the pear root should be planted at the same depth they stood in the nursery , but those upon ...
Page 72
... trees to be planted . If selected from a nursery , those trees only should be taken which have been planted a suffi- cient distance from others to allow the proper growth of the roots . The trees should be well shaped , and of vigorous ...
... trees to be planted . If selected from a nursery , those trees only should be taken which have been planted a suffi- cient distance from others to allow the proper growth of the roots . The trees should be well shaped , and of vigorous ...
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1st premium 2d premium 50 cents acre Amesbury Andrew Nichols apples barn Benjamin Beurre bone Boxford Bradford bread bull bushels butter cattle cellar Charles Colts Committee award corn cost cows crop cultivation Daniel David Dodge DRAFT HORSES Essex County exhibition farmers feet field flour Flowers fruit George Grapes grass gratuity gratuity of $1 Groveland Haverhill Heifer hill horse improvement inches Insects James John John Danforth Joseph Kimball labor land Lawrence manure Marblehead meadow Merrill Methuen milk Moses Nathaniel National Bank Newb't Newburyport Newhall Nichols North Andover Northend offer for premium onions Ordway oxen pasture pear Peter Wait planted ploughed potatoes pounds premium of $10 productive profitable Putnam quarts ripening Salem Samuel season second premium seed soil South Danvers squashes Stallion STATEMENT Topsfield Treadwell Farm trees turnips varieties Vegetables Ware West Newbury William