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good material for the purpose were very 

 difficult. The produce of the seedlings, 

 on account generally of its inferior quali- 

 ties, was mostly converted into cider. 



In the Massachusetts Colony, owing to 

 foresight in the interests of the emigrants 

 by the agents abroad, provision was made 

 for their wants by sending them stones 

 of all kinds of fruit, also various seeds 

 and roots. Consequently, a better and 

 more varied quality of fruit was secured 

 to them at a comparatively early period. 



The progress of horticulture in all its 

 branches was very gradual in New Eng- 

 land during more than a century and a 

 half; after the close of the Revolution, 

 however, a new impulse was given to it, 

 which has been maintained with increas- 

 ing progress to the present period. While 

 the same may be said of all Europe 

 during the identical era, yet the remark- 

 able variation has been more apparent in 

 this country, owing to the characteristics 

 of its people, and to the circumstances 

 which have been related. From a sterile 



