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shire or Hampden mentioning this fruit; 15, without repre- 

 sentation in Berkshire, Bristol and Barnstable counties, in- 

 cluded cherries in the list; 14, all small fruits; and 12 each, 

 strawberries and raspberries. This, of course, is not thor- 

 oughly representative of the State, but can be taken as gen- 

 erally indicative of the adaptability of the State to the grow- 

 ing of the different fruits. Taken by counties, the returns 

 show the different ones best adapted to the following fruits : 

 Berkshire, apples, pears ; Franklin, apples, pears, peaches ; 

 Hampshire, apples, pears, peaches, plums, small fruits ; 

 Hampden, apples; Worcester, apples, pears, peaches, straw- 

 berries ; Middlesex, apples, pears, peaches, small fruits ; 

 Essex, apples, peaches, plimis ; Norfolk, apples, small fruits ; 

 Bristol, apples, small fruits ; Plymouth, apples, small fruits, 

 including cranberries; Barnstable, same as Plymouth. 



Laxd available for Feuit Culture. 



There is evidently plenty of land available for fruit culture 

 in about all sections of the State, for out of the total number 

 only 7 replied in the negative to this question. These replies 

 were received from the following towns : Wilbraham, Bel- 

 mont, Stoneham, Westwood (2), Hingham ("land must be 

 cleared"), Truro. From the facts brought out by the first 

 two questions, then, it is very apparent that there is ample 

 justification for still further agitation of the subject of fruit 

 growing. The market for fruit products, grown, harvested, 

 packed and marketed according to the most approved 

 methods, is practically unlimited ; nearly all fruits can be 

 grown to advantage in almost any part of the State; land 

 suitable to their culture is abundant; all the essentials are 

 present, with the exception of the man to till the soil. Our 

 duty is to present to the man more forcibly than ever the 

 opportunity that lies unobserved so close at hand. 



IfTEW Orchards. 

 Judging from the returns, there does not seem to be as 

 much activity in the establishment of new orchards as has 

 been evidenced during the past few years. Generally speak- 



