62 MY GARDEN HOW IT GREW. 



Undaunted by the summing up of the year's 

 results, I went into the campaign of 1870 with 

 renewed zest, hoping to make a wide and favor 

 able margin in the debit and credit sides of my 

 balance-sheet. 



But the season proved one of unparalleled 

 drought in our vicinity, while along the coast 

 and about New York showers were abundant. 

 New York vegetables were, therefore, fine, and 

 our own poor. Berries dried upon the vines. 

 Most of my cabbages perished from the club- 

 foot, and the results fell short of what I hoped ; 

 and yet, under the circumstances, they were 

 large, due to the fact that my fruit was coming 

 into bearing. 



My sales in '70 reached one thousand four 

 hundred and ninety-six dollars and eighty-five 

 cents. 



Then dawned '71, in which I had abundant 

 reward, Though my fruit had not made the 



