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Laa cartaa, planchaa, tablaaux, ate, pauvant Atra filmia i daa taux da rMuction diff«rants. Lorsqua la documant aat trop grand pour Atra raproduit an un saul cllchA, 11 aat film* i pcrtir da I'angia sup4riaur (laucha, da gaucha * droita. at da haut an baa, an pranant la nombra d'imagaa n^caasaira. Las diagrammas suivanta illuatrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 S 6 FOR THE mFORMATIOII JIIIO ENCOURHeEMEII]' OF THOSE WHO MAY CONIiiME FRUIT TREE WE MAKE THE FOLLOWING STAT^lfeT& PLANTJNG, L. p. FISHER, Mayor of the Town of Woodstock, N. B. I hereby o«rtify that 12 years ago I planted an orchard of the Sharp & Shea Trees which has proved a com. p ete success, bearing at once, and for twelve years has ae.er failed of al^^y crop of th^Cest fruifTrinlrinirX l^ Ti?u''^ \" *^ '"'i?'^'^*^- ^^ '''•^•^^^d °^ 300 bearing trees has not, for tie kst five yeaiJ vaJ Ld mSe ^than fh?oroda':'h^'' ''^'r ^'^"^ '',' *' ''^ """"'I^ """^'^"y' ^'^^'^ * considerable quantfty uJcd,^Z alraud lo^? Ihe produce has so iar proved as sure as the coming of the swallow, but the bearing beiuff soheavv anl constant the growth of the trees has been slow, and they ere yet small, and may feirly be expeSo double their p?eeS <iop. bo well pleased am I with the success o/^se twes that I have planted anXrcm^k*iJthree veLrsin^^^ .onsistmg of 2,800 trees, which are making Rni^refiB. "«^«««ft. tnre^ars smoe, Woodstock, 24th May, 1875. M ^ ^ p p-igggj^ wUK^f*"'"'? ^'''" oT"^ V^^ ^f^''' acquainted with the success of Mr. Fisher's and other orchards planted h^re rJhir j/rin" fVl'P ^ f f ' rT'l "".^ car»rirf noted their almost unvAr>-ing fruitfulness, ai/the uniform iailure ot imported trees, I cheerfully bear testimony to their value, and reconxmeud their tre<» ^r all sections where the climate is severe, and the soil defective fwaj^le raising. Soconvltoced am I of these facts that I have planted, two years since, one thousand of thbik TBBSS. Woodstock, May 24, 1875. . JOHN C. WINSLOW, P. M. ^ I hereby bear willing testimony to the high standing of Sharp & Shea as nurserv'men, and to the ffreat extent and success of their nurseries and orchards. Orchards planted from their nurseries appear uniformly fruitful where properly treated, many of them immensely productive. Their fruit k- , dy supplies our markets in the fall as a so an extensive export This is the more remarkable, as of the many thousands of trees imported and planted ■ iu- f ^'"'""^ ^'''' i^*" ^'*?* ^^ yV'"'"''' ^'^ "^^ '''^''''^ ^^' *^y <*^ *^- fr«i* ?oJ^i? to market. I have planted many ol their trees recently and consider them better adapted to cold climates and defectiTe soils than any imported Woodstock, May f4, 1875. RANDOLPH K. JONES. We are parsonally acquainted with the foregoing persons and facts, or the major part trf* them, and would add I L^lv«utl^•''J'"'"'''"'^^?^^''''''"'••l''''"*y.*'/*^^^^ *''"^*' ^^^"^' "^ ^^ opinion, and the estimation of J rnw^wii?. •'"'*^"'' u'f ".f K'"''^' ^"P^'-^id fruit. If Sharp & Shea have not made two blades of grass '■ grow where one grew beiore, they have certainly made immensely productive orchards, where from soil and climate it had been deemed impossible to raise improved varieties of fruit. Woodstock, May 22, 1875. S. & J. WATTS, Editora Carleton Sentinel. I am cognizant of the above facts, and do not hesitate to state that these trees have so far proved superior to aJl importe dones, and had I suitable ground and opportunity would plant them by the thousand with a certain jnospect oi success. Woodstock, May 24, 1875. F. r j. dIBBLEE, Sheriff. I, many years ago, bought from Sharp thirteen New Brunswick Apple Trees, and planted them around the ence ot a small garden, about eight feet apart, and in a little bit of ground north of my woodshed, in a villaffe lot. l^rom these 13 trees I have several years sold nearly $100 worth of apples, besides supply for house Th?v have never lailed; they produced last year about 22 barrels of apples. These trees succeeded so well that 1 l^^^i: ^ ?'®l'f t ff*',^"? «}^t jn the country, four years ago, and planted a largo orchard. The success of Sharp ana &hea 1 attribute to their long experience in an extreme climate, enabling them to eliminate from their follection all varieties too tender to bear extreme cold and defective soil. May 24, 1875. " ' W. H. SISSON, P. M., Upper Woodstock. Six years ago, I rex-eived, from the nurseries of Messrs. Sharp and Shea of Woodstock, thirty-three of their young trees, one year from the^bud. They are all living, and exceedingly thrifty, and some of^them a?e now ;rh%titrs^^^^^^^ These trees give so varieties froin !Sh> JAMES DOW, Editor St. Stephen Jounial.