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em aspect, as in the former case their vegetation is retarded in 

 the spring, and they are not so liable to the alternations of 

 freezing and thawing. 



A very successful and most skilful farmer, George Pierce, of 

 West Cambridge, who, by his skill and industry, deserves all 

 the success which he obtains, succeeded last year in spite of 

 the drought, in obtaining an abundant crop of peaches, when 

 many others failed. The quality of his fruit may be determin- 

 ed by the fact, that many of them brought at once in the mar- 

 ket, one dollar per dozen. They were grown in the open air. 

 He surrounded his peach-trees, which he cultivated with the 

 same care as his corn and cabbages, with a bedding more than 

 a foot thick of litter, being his refuse bean vines, embracing a 

 space of two yards or more in diameter. Several times during 

 the drought, he poured one or two barrels of water from the 

 neighboring pond upon his litter, so that it was kept constantly 

 moist. He did this once a week until rain came. The effects 

 upon the trees were excellent and almost immediately apparent. 

 His trees yielded an abundant and perfect crop. When such 

 results are seen as the fruits of great care and well directed la- 

 bor in cases most unpromising, it is time for many of us to 

 cease talking about our " bad luck." A large part of mankind 

 never succeed because they are not willing or are too indolent 

 to take the obvious means of success. They want the reward 

 without complying with the conditions ; and to have the pleas- 

 ure of the dance without paying the fiddler. It is not strange 

 that such persons find " no luck about the house." 



The cultivation of apples in Middlesex county is carried on to 

 a large extent, and might be increased with great advantage. 

 Great pains are taken to produce the very best engrafted fruit, 

 especially for winter, and among these, the Baldwin Apple and 

 the Golden Russet, are in most esteem. The Porter Apple, 

 which is an early autumnal fruit, is greatly valued. It would 

 be out of my province to go largely into this subject. The 

 amount of sales however, from some of the farms in the coun- 

 ty are quite large. A farmer in Waltham is accustomed to put 



