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this means the manly independence of ouv citizens is fully and palpably 

 brought out. The man is made to feel from the beginning that if ever he 

 succeeds in his business, it must be by his own well applied efforts, and by 

 these alone. Some difliculties there are to be overcome to develop manhood 

 in the tussle, and some disappointments to be met with a firm and resolute 

 •will, before the prizes can be obtained. But is our favorite art alone in tliis? 

 I know you will not be deceived. A few days ago a gentleman said to me: 

 "1 think, Mr. G., that you make a good living easier off your small farm than 

 I do off my large one." I mildly replied : "I beg to inform you sir, that you 

 are entirely mistaken, as it is not by any means a question of easy living, but 

 a question of skillful application. If you would apply yourself as thoroughly 

 to a quarter of your farm as I am obliged to do, and manage it as well, you 

 could most likely live just as easy as I do." He seemed thankful for the 

 advice, for it Avas a new idea to him. But thirdly, 



INDOMITABLE PERSEVERANCE 



Is another sure mark of the successful fruit grower. This arises from the 

 very nature of the business and its condition. If our plans like the morning 

 dew or the early snow soon melt away, failure is absolute and certain, and 

 nothing can save us. The opposition and the trials that arise on the horizon 

 of his operations to tlireaten the dissolution of his plans, must be met and 

 manfully overcome. Let nothing, therefore, daunt you in your work, but fix 

 your plans cautiously, wisely, and well, and follow them out to their legitimate 

 results. If in any department of life pusli is necessary, most certainly be it 

 understood it is here. Fourth, 



INTELLECTUAL CULTURE 



Clearly marks the successful fruit grower. This is a fine and noble trait of 

 character, and qualifies the subject for usefulness, and for the society of his 

 fellows. It is somewhat different from our first proposition, as it indicates 

 results rather than means. It is the end to be aimed at by thoughtful study 

 and a polished stone in the structure of liuman character. Wliat is equal to 

 the modern art of fine fruit growing, among the useful callings of our times 

 for the attainment of high intellectual culture, as a personal adornment? In 

 the practice of our art, nice discriminations are to be made, fine operations 

 practiced, means adroitly suited to ends to be attained, differences are to be 

 observed in soil, culture, climate, and results; qualities are to be nicely 

 estimated and valued in the fine products of his care, and good judgment must 

 be had in the disposing of his fruits, and an affability cultured towards his 

 fellow. What, I may ask, combines so many and so fine advantages for the 

 cultivation of every faculty of man as our popular art? No art like ours 

 gives such grand and frequent opportunities for observations upon the varied 

 beauty and grandeur of the insect world. From the earliest of tlie season to 

 the end of it, wliat a gorgeous and successive panorama of insect specimens in 

 their brightest hues, and the developments of real life, are constantly brought 

 before us. Beautiful moths and their destructive larvae, exquisitely colored 

 butterflies and their numerous progeny, in all their multitudinous and myste- 

 rious forms, more or less frequently come under our observation during each 

 Buccessivc season. Think what an element this is in iiigh intellectual culture, 

 and what it is worth. Why, if many of our enthusiasts in science had half 

 the fine chances for observation that daily pass by us, tiiey would be ready to^ 



