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which, the Cape grape, yields a rough red acid wine, 

 resembling and, when doctored with brandy, equal to 

 the Teneriffe. Foreign grapes also thrive well with 

 proper culture, and with proper shelter and warmth; but 

 they do not become acclimatised. The native varieties 

 alone seem fitted to be grown extensively and profitably 

 for the manufacture of wine. 



Among the characteristics of Boston which appeared 

 to me to show how much more intimately the agricul 

 tural interest is here interwoven with daily life, than in 

 English towns of equal size, were the numerous stores or 

 shops which announced themselves as dealing in agri 

 cultural implements, seeds, and other wares specially 

 adapted to the farmer. For the opportunity of inspect 

 ing one of the largest of these, and for many other 

 civilities, I was indebted to President Quincy. The 

 store itself was very extensive the articles dealt in 

 numerous and varied the assortment of implements 

 adapted to all branches of husbandry very large, and 

 the different forms of the same implement preferred in 

 and prepared for different parts of the country, very 

 interesting to examine. The proprietor informed me 

 that he had lately sold to one individual, and shipped for 

 London, one hundred ploughs, of a description com 

 monly used in this country, which cuts a furrow seven 

 or eight inches deep by sixteen wide, and lays it over 

 quite flat. A strong recommendation of this tool to 

 lazy ploughmen is, that, if the ground be flat, it will 

 traverse the field and do its work without hands, re 

 quiring assistance only at the turnings. This fact was 

 told me with the slightest possible exhibition of exulta 

 tion, and it was a proper subject for a little pride in a 

 Boston implement-manufacturer. Our Ransoms and 

 Slights are not easy to beat in first-rate tools for first- 

 rate workmen ; but if Mason & Co. of Boston can 

 supply the English farmer with a cheaper tool of equal 



