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200 to 300 bushels per acre. Grapes, melons, and ber 

 ries of all kinds, produce largely. In the wild black 

 berry trade alone, almost incredible quantities are 

 gathered by women and children, and sent to market. 

 Before the construction of the Delaware Railroad, 

 thousands of acres in the central and southern por 

 tions of the State were shut in from market. Hence 

 there are vast quantities of virgin land, more or less 

 wooded, whose timber is to be felled, and whose soil 

 developed by the hand of industry. Much timber is 

 still standing along and near the railroad- A profit 

 able business is done in getting out ship timber, while 

 the railroad is constantly requiring wood for fuel 

 and ties for the track. Distant roads are buying 

 ties almost without limit. Numerous tracts of such 

 timber land are for sale. As an illustration of their 

 general character, I copy a single advertisement of 

 a farm of nearly 300 acres, which, finding no pur 

 chaser at $25 per acre, was withdrawn from sale : 



&quot; With the exception of 50 acres cleared, it is all cov 

 ered with the heaviest timber to be found anywhere in the 

 State, including heart and yellow Pine, Cypress, Beech, 

 Chestnut, Gum, Poplar, &c., with some scattering White 

 Oak. Most of the large pine timber is perfectly straight, 

 and they run up 60 to 110 feet before the first limb is 

 reached. A great many of them will make from 4,000 to 

 5,000 feet of lumber each. Many of the cypress trees are 

 from four to six feet in diameter three feet above the 

 ground, and will yield from 5,000 to 8,000 shingles each. 

 The soil of the tract is a deep, black, yellow muck, from 

 three to five feet in depth, thoroughly drained by county 

 ditches, and when cleared will yield from 50 to 100 bush- 



