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grounds. It was in this town that the 

 Derbys had their residence, with every 

 accompaniment that the lovers of 

 horticulture could supply. Here was the 

 pomological garden of Robert Manning, 

 established for the purpose of collecting, 

 testing, and identifying the varieties of 

 fruit trees that would bear the climate of 

 New England. This work was continued 

 with great zeal until interrupted by his 

 death, which occurred after nearly twenty 

 years of labor. It was afterwards as- 

 sumed by his son, the present competent 

 and faithful Secretary of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, who thus 

 speaks of his father : "To him more than 

 to any other one in his day perhaps it 

 would be just to say more than to all 

 others were the public indebted for the 

 introduction of new and choice fruits, for 

 the identification of the different varie- 

 ties, for the correction of their nomen- 

 clature, and the testing of their qualities, 

 and he was acknowledged to be the high- 

 est authority in regard to the names and 

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