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see his vineyard. It consists of the better market'^ sorts, and he manages 

 €ach vine as if it were a pet. He knows its individuality and the best 

 method to pursue that it may give the largest measure of profit. His 

 pruning is very close, and he calculates just how many clusters of fruit 

 each vine will perfect. He lives in his vineyard during the growing 

 season, and I can well imagine that, before he takes his breakfast, a round 

 in the vineyard is made, to see that his pets are all right. He bags his 

 fruit, so that there are no chances taken on mildew and rot. He is not 

 satisfied to sell his grapes by the ton, at lowest wholesale rates, but puts 

 upon the market a fancy product that brings a fancy price. 



I found a great many interesting things on Mr. Williams' place, among 

 "them an English walnut which bears regular crops, and a fine native 

 chestnut grove. 



Mr. Williams kindly drove me to many places of interest. The garden 

 of Mr. Chas. L. Jones, treasurer of the State Horticultural Society, who 

 lives in Newark, was a revelation to me. Here, upon an area of 100 by 94 

 feet, including walks, is grown about everything that heart can wish, in 

 ihe way of fruit, flowers, and vegetables. Among the fruits I noted an 

 Early Richmond and a Black Tartarian cherry; ten pears in variety, which 

 supply the family and many baskets to dispose of otherwise; two peach 

 trees, Early York and Stump; two quince trees which some years, besides 

 the family supply, bring in an income of over $20; seventy-three varieties 

 of grape, very closely and neatly pruned, which must yield a large supply. 

 I noted the area given to vegetables, and was told that the asparagus bed 

 was eighteen feet square. A similar area was devoted to beets and onions, 

 Tomatoes are grown upon a trellis. Early potatoes are grown upon 

 ground subsequently in the season given up to a bed of strawberries, which 

 in turn furnishes one crop the next season, and a crop of late sweet corn 

 follows the strawberries. Lima beans, peas, cucumbers, pie-plant, and 

 egg-plant are grown in abundance, and black and red raspberries, with a 

 row of currant bushes, complete the list of fruits. Mr. Jones prefers Fay 

 currants and Souhegan and Gregg black-caps, supplemented by Cuthbert, 

 Montclair, and Golden Queen. I was told that Mr. Jones' roses, carna- 

 tions, bulbs, and annuals were a great embellishment to the grounds, and 

 the pride of the family. 



This was a sample of intensive farming that gladdened my heart. 



I visited the fruit farm of Mr. W. R. Ward of Newark, which furnished 

 a goodly proportion of the fruit which graced the tables of the New Jersey 

 world 's fair exhibit, which, by the way, was a gem in the great horticultural 

 building. I noted the acres of strawberries, mostly Downings, were well 

 protected by a coating of rotten manure, and upon removing the cover I 

 saw a wealth of plants for next season's crop. The pear orchards and 

 currant plantations were exceptionally fine, but the matter of greatest 

 interest to me wps his cold storage house for pears. This was not the 

 complicated affair I expected to find. It consisted of two cubical spaces, 

 one above the other, well enclosed, and an ice house accompaniment. 

 The lower space was beneath the ground and enclosed by a stone wall. 

 Inside of the stone work was a wall of sawdust, with a good bed of sawdust 

 upon the floor beneath. The upper space was enclosed by walls of saw- 

 dust on all sides, but the floor was of a thickness equal to the sawdust wall 

 below plus the thickness of the stone wall. The floor of the upper space, 

 which was the ceiling of the lower one, was open work with quite wide 



