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cherries, and gooseberies. There were 

 more than ten acres cultivated around 

 the fort. Such a garden in the wilder- 

 ness, when we consider circumstances, 

 seems a strange thing, but doubtless a 

 refined taste and a desire to perpetuate 

 in this new western home some of the 

 sweet memories of sunny France had 

 much to do^ith its existence." 1 



"They were acknowledged to be the 

 best agriculturists, wine growers, mer- 

 chants, and manufacturers in France. 

 No heavier crops were grown in France 

 than on the Huguenot farms in the south- 

 west provinces. The diligence, skill, and 

 labour with which they subdued the stub- 

 born soil and made it yield its increase 

 of flowers and fruits and corn and wine 

 bore witness in all quarters to the toil and 

 energy of the men of the religion." 9 



From the foundation of the colony, in 

 1686 to the spring of 1694, there were 



1 The Huguenots in the Nipmuck Country^ 

 George F. Daniels. 

 3 Smile's History of the Huguenots. 

 109 



