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Ynut trees, paiticulaily apples, }>eurs, plums and cherries, thrive well with us, 

 both ou the prairies auJ iu the openings; peaches, apricots and nectarines, are 

 somewhat doubtful ; currants, gooseberries, and strawberries, are pei'fectly at home 

 with us ; and we have only ou)"selves to blame if we have not a full supply of 

 those delicious fruits. 



We have no orchards of any consideiable size, the attention of our people not 

 having been turned to planting trees until a very late date — growing hedge-row, 

 and money shaving, has been the absorbing business; but recently our folks 

 have come to the conclusion, that planting orchards is of some consequence, and 

 have entered into the business with a spirit and zeal that guarantees at no dis- 

 tant date, a full supply of luscious and health-securing fruit. 



We have several very respectable nurseries in this county, which is an index 

 of the increasing interest in the fruit-growing business. The past season has been 

 very favoi-able to the planting of trees, they have made wood finely. 



Respecting the cultivation of the grape, I am not prepared to speak positively, 

 particulaily on our prairies, as there has been, like almost every other branch of 

 horticulture, but little attention paid to it. We have some vines growing in our 

 village gardens; and where they have had the most common attention they grow 

 well. I have tasted some fruit of excellent flavor, and have heard no complaint 

 of that great curse of this fruit, the mildew. One gentleman who has paid some 

 attention to their cultivation, assures me that there is not a doubt but the}- can 

 be grown successfully both on the prairie and opening lands. That the vine 

 grows well 1 know, but mine have not yet matured fruit, so I can say nothing 

 as to their bearing qualities. 



Manufacturing iu this country is yet in its infancy; not a tithe of \\hat we 

 ought to have, or are cajiable of sustaining, being yet in existence among us. 



There are at pi'esent in this county, twelve saw mills, six grist and flouring 

 mills, three furnaces, two machine shops, one woollen factory, one oil mill, one 

 flax mill, one platform and counter scale factory, six tin shops, two or three 

 turning lathes for v\'ood, four }>louga-making establishments, two fanning-mill 

 shops, one hat and cap ftictory, three printing ofliccs, with blacksmiths, cabinet- 

 makers, shoemakers, cavriagemakers, harnessmakers, &c., to meet the wants of 

 the community nearly. We have also, one brewery and two distilleries — if that 

 is a mark of progress. 



There has been no meteorological register kept in this neighborhood ihat I am 

 aware of; and as to the geology of our county, or our mineral resources, we kn^AA 

 as little as Hottentots. 



No analysis of our soil has as vet been made to mv knowL-doe, iherefoio, of 

 all that relates to its composition, or adaptation to ihi^ om^'* 'h of p«vlii u'lir k!n 

 of I Tops. v.'f are most gloiiouslv ignr.rant, 



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