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Nvoods there, hazle is very frequently the under" 

 tvood ; and it make^femall hoops, and is applied 

 to various other purposes. I cannot dismiss this 

 article without exhorting the American farmer 

 to provide himself with some of this sort of tree, 

 which, when small, is easily conveyed to any 

 distance in winter, and got ready to plant out in 

 the spring. Those that are growing at Mr. 

 PAUL'S were dug up, in England, in January, 

 shipped to New York, carried on the top of the 

 stage, in the dead of winter to Busleton, kept in 

 a cellar till spring, and then planted out. These 

 were v the first trees of the kind, as far as I have 

 been able to learn, that ever found their way to 

 this country. I hear that Mr. STEPHEN GER- 

 HARD takes to himself the act of first introduc- 

 tion, from France. But, I must deny him this. 

 He, I am told, brought his trees several years 

 later than I sent mine. 



309. GOOSEBERRY. Various are the sorts, 

 and no one that is not. good. The shrub is pro- 

 pagated precisely like that of the currant. I 

 cannot tell the cause that it is so little cultivated 

 in America. I should think (though I am by no 

 means sure of the fact) that it would do very well 

 under the shade of a South Fence. However, 

 as far as the fruit is useful in its green state, for tarts 

 the Rhubarb supplies its place very well. The fruit 

 is excellent when well raised. They have goose- 

 berries in England nearlv as large as pigeon's 

 eggs, and the crops that the trees bear are pro- 

 digious. 



310. GRAPE. This is a very important arti- 

 cle ; and, before I proceed to treat of the culture 

 of the grape-vine, I must notice the astonishing 



