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these I had swept away. The fruit is so 

 small, soft, and liable to drop off, that it is 

 scarcely profitable. 



From the plants above named I sold thirty- 

 six bushels and nineteen quarts, receiving three 

 hundred and forty-three dollars and eighty-two 

 cents. 



In addition to preserving and using them ad 

 libitum, as with the other fruits, very many 

 dropped from the vines and were lost. During 

 the height of the season they ripened so rapidly 

 that it seemed impossible to keep up with them ; 

 and after some of the intensely hot nights and 

 days in July, every bush would be red with the 

 ripe fruit ; and then, before they could be picked 

 in many instances, the ground would be red also, 

 and I usually noticed that the mouths of the 

 pickers were redder still. But I have learned 

 to go on the principle that a boy must get his 

 own basket full before he will zealously begin tc 



