MY GARDEN WHAT FRUITS WERE CULTIVATED. 9! 



also as if the beasts of the field and fowls of the 

 air things above, on, and under the earth all 

 conspired to deplete my vines. I do not think 

 over half the crop was sold. It was well that 

 everything and everybody made the most of it, 

 for scarcely a cluster did we get in '72. The 

 vines were not protected, and the severe open 

 winter turned even the Concords into dry sticks. 

 But a good growth was made for '73, and I 

 hope this year to catch up with '71. Some 

 may regard this as crab-like progress. 



My pear-trees are young and few, yet in 

 bearing. But the past three seasons we have 

 had some splendid fellows to put away on 

 shelves to ripen for state occasions. 



I have quite a number of peach-trees, nearly 

 all natural fruit, that is, grown directly from the 

 pit without the budding in of some approved 

 variety. In '71 a few of the trees commenced 

 bearing, but last year many of them bore finely. 



