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fine crop for turning under early in the spring. Crimson 

 clover grows nearly all winter. Pure cold water is reached 

 at from twenty to fifty feet by dug or driven wells. 



The climate is good; there are no cyclones. There is 

 some damp weather in winter, but there are no malignant 

 fevers, and there is little or no malaria, except in a few marshy 

 places. There are some mosquitoes and flies, but they are not 

 especially troublesome, and there are no poisonous reptiles. 



The population is mostly native, five sixths white, one sixth 

 colored. The white population is almost entirely of Anglo- 

 Saxon descent. 



"Perfect titles may be secured, but all titles everywhere 

 should always be searched by a competent lawyer, the usual 

 fee for which is ten to twenty dollars. 



"Farm hands receive from twenty to twenty-five dollars 

 per month and board, for a season of nine or ten months, 

 sometimes for the whole year. Day hands receive from 

 seventy-five cents to two dollars per day and board 

 themselves." 



Those who are tempted by the advertisements for fruit- 

 pickers should beware. Delaware, like some other states, 

 allows fees to constables and to the " squires " Justices of 

 the Peace they would be elsewhere for arrests, and it is 

 a common practice to advertise for fruit pickers, then ar- 

 rest them as tramps when they come, and the next day re- 

 lease them on condition that they will leave the county at 

 once and leave the trap open for the next comer. 



Delaware peaches have made fortunes for many, but will 

 make still greater fortunes in the future for the owners of 

 the land. 



Pears, plums, grapes, watermelons, and cantaloupes thrive, 

 and find an ideal home, and small fruits all flourish. Sweet 



