82 MY GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CULTIVATED. 



localities ; but all the varieties I have seen, ex- 

 cept the Wilson, grow as stout and stocky as 

 you ig oaks, ^nd will bend as easily. 



My plantation consisted of three rows of 

 Kittatinny one hundred and fifty feet long, two 

 rows one hundred and seventy-five feet long, 

 and one row of two hundred and fifty-eight 

 feet. I also had two rows of the Lawtons one 

 hundred and sixteen feet long, and five rows of 

 the Wilson variety one hundred and seventy- 

 five feet in length, and a few additional 

 bushes along the garden fence. The vines 

 were young and not in full bearing, and yet 

 my sales amounted to fifteen bushels and 

 twenty-six quarts, realizing one hundred and 

 fifty-two dollars and eight cents. At the same 

 time there was a magnificent growth of canes 

 for bearing in '72, justifying the anticipation ci 

 double the crop named. But we had no snow 

 of any con? quence in the winter of '71-2, and 



