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Soils, Sites and Resources. 



The soil is a heavy clay, but peculiarly adapted to flowers 

 and small fruits. There seems to be a great amount of lime 

 in it. 1 use wood and coal ashes as fertilizers. 



Fruit Growers, etc. 



Capt. Tanner, of Ashland, has several acres about two 

 miles from town, devoted to fruit and vegetable culture. 

 The soil is sandy, but very productive. He raises large 

 crops of strawberries, which sell readily for 18 cents per 

 quart. He also has a large crop of celery of excellent 

 quality, all kinds of vegetables and many small fruits. 



Diseases, Insects, etc. 



In 1874 we were troubled with currant worms, and our 

 fruit crop ruined by black caterpillars, but a free use of 

 hellebore drove the currant worm away, and we have had 

 no trouble since. The caterpillars still trouble our fruit 

 trees, but a free use of insect powder has so far saved our 

 trees. 



Vegetable Gardening. 



There is more encouragement for vegetable gardening 

 than in any place I have ever seen. The season is short but 

 the rapid growth of vegetation brings to our table every- 

 thing in perfection. There is no vegetable that cannot be 

 raised here; crisp celery that keeps until April, delicious 

 sweet corn, cabbage, in fact all varieties. The cut- worm is 

 unknown — in fact vegetables have no enemies in this soil. 



Flower Culture, etc. 



I have in my yard over thirty varieties of roses, many of 

 them classed as Tea, China and Bourbon. They all bloom 

 profusely and not one of them requires winter protection — 

 nearly every shrub I have seen cultivated in Ohio grows 

 luxuriantly and there are none of the insects so common in 

 other localities. My experience has taught me that too 

 much care for the protection of my plants is ruinous — so in 



