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dwarf form, with its branches close to the ground, and I think should 

 be more commonly grown by our nurserymen. 



Our cherry trees promised a crop when they were in flower, but 

 shortly afterwards showed weakness, which, on examination, it was 



BETA GRAPE. 



clear resulted from winter injury to the roots, and we got very little 

 fruit of good quality and lost some trees. 



The vegetable crops upon the farm were exceedingly good, es- 

 pecially in the case of onions and potatoes. In the case of the 

 onions, I lay our success largely to the fact that the seed was in the 



