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from exhalation, or some other cause, there 

 is no certainty of manure being serviceable 

 for more than one crop or two at the furthest. 

 There were two gardeners near Baltimore, 

 both very clever men ; the one from French 

 Flanders, the other an Englishman, who 

 had been gardener to the Duke of Leeds. 

 I have seen finer lettuces raised by those 

 men in the depth of winter than I ever saw 

 in any other place. The Frenchman was 

 superior in skill : his frames or glasses were 

 well managed, and were very beautiful. 

 I have heard him say he never set a crop 

 in his garden without putting on the 

 ground one hundred cart-loads of manure 

 to an acre, for each crop ; which is a proof 

 of my several assertions . From this the reader 

 may judge of the American soil: since it is 

 natural to conclude that a gardener would not 

 choose an unfavourable spot of ground for 

 his purpose, as the price is no object to 

 him, and no set of men are more likely to 

 know the difference of soil. 



I am of opinion that the manure leaves 



