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whicli is best adapted to the growth of this berry. 

 On dry sands the foliage of the old varieties drops 

 off, and the fruit becomes shrivelled before it is 

 ripe. Where it is grown on such lands, la Versail- 

 laise, la Fertile d' Angers, and la Hative de Bertin 

 are much superior, as they very persistently retain 

 their foliage, and the fruit is therefore of greater 

 size and duration. 



The Fig, in those regions where it is hardy, flour- 

 ishes upon a loamy lime, or clay soil ; but in north- 

 ern latitudes, if planted upon such lands, its suc- 

 culent shoots are killed during the winter. In the 

 latter they should be grown upon loamy sands, which 

 will check their free growth, and induce hardness 

 and ripeness of wood. 



The Gooseberry requires a rich loamy clay for 

 its perfect development. This applies only to such 

 varieties as are free from mildew ; others are not 

 worth cultivation. 



The Grape. Mr. R. Bucnanan, of Ohio, in his 

 work entitled "Grape Culture," speaks thus: " The 

 soil best suited for a vineyard is a dry, calcareous 

 loam, with a porous subsoil, not retentive of 

 moisture ; if mixed with some gravel or small stones, 

 so much the better. Some vignerons prefer a 

 sandy soil with a gravelly substratum, as in this the 

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