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fruit of observation, but I chose this subject because it is one 

 which interests me deeply, and in prosecuting which I expect to 

 reach more satisfactory results than I have obtained at present. 

 I believe that there is something especially adapted to every spot, 

 and which may be more profitably cultivated there, than else- 

 where, and my aim is to discover what it is. 



There is another class of adaptations bearing upon all the pur- 

 suits of life, of full greater importance than those which we have 

 been considering ; it is the adaptation of the person to the pursuit 

 in which he is engaged. This is a matter of pre eminent im- 

 portance in horticulture. Success can only be achieved by the 

 most persistent labor. If this labor is likely to become irksome 

 or be neglected by any individual, he is not adapted to this busi- 

 ness and he will not succeed. The day of success with neglect 

 is past, if it ever existed. If a man does not feel the utmost 

 resolution to succeed, in the face of a good understanding of the 

 difficulties to be encountered, he had better not engage in the 

 contemplated business. The day of luck is passed away. It is 

 unfortunate that there is anything, even in gold hunting, which 

 can be described as a bonanza. It leads men to neglect the 

 studious and diligent care which is the only true ground work for 

 success in anything. My motto is, " That the man who works, is 

 the man who wins." It will be found true in horticulture if not 

 in gold seeking. I have no faith in anything else. This idea had 

 become a proverb before the Christian era. It was embodied in 

 the old fable of the race between the hare and the tortoise. A 

 man is not likely to prosper in any business which he does not 

 enjoy. If he does, it is because he holds himself to it by moral 

 force and runs it on strictly business principles. 



There is another point in which this subject of adaptation.smust 

 be considered, and that is in reference to the demands of the 

 market. To raise a quantity of vegetables or fruits at a point 

 where they could not be sold would be very impolitic, but it is 

 also very poor policy to fail to raise all the stuff which can find 

 a profitable market. There are but few of our country villages 

 which are abundantly supplied with fruits and vegetables in 

 their season, and there are many families in such places which 



