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that beans always come up that way, wrong 

 end first ; and that what they wanted was light, 

 and not dirt. 



Observation. Woman always did, from the 

 first, make a muss in a garden. 



I inherited with my garden a large patch of 

 raspberries. Splendid berry the raspberry, when 

 the strawberry has gone. This patch has grown 

 into such a defiant attitude, that you could not 

 get within several feet of it. Its stalks were 

 enormous in size, and cast out long, prickly arms 

 in all directions ; but the bushes were pretty 

 much all dead. I have walked into them a good 

 deal with a pruning-knife ; but it is very much 

 like fighting original sin. The variety is one 

 that I can recommend. I think it is called 

 Brinckley's Orange. It is exceedingly prolific, 

 and has enormous stalks. The fruit is also said 

 to be good ; but that does not matter so much, 

 as the plant does not often bear in this region. 



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