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"Afterwards the returns ought to reach from 

 200 to 250 each year," Mr. Smith writes. 



All that need be added to these words is, that 

 Mr. Smith is extremely cautious in his esti- 

 mates, and that, seeing the high crops obtained 

 at Mayland, and fully dealt with in Mr. Smith's 

 works, one is entitled to expect even better 

 money results. 



Unfortunately, after having worked at the 

 farm for one year, the experienced French 

 gardener, who had obtained the just-mentioned 

 results, left Mayland. Two young French 

 gardeners, far less experienced, were invited 

 instead, and they began to undo what their 

 predecessor had done, in order to carry on the 

 work on the lines they had learned themselves. 

 So that it is impossible to know yet what the 

 results of these new methods will be. 



Every pioneer work has its unforeseen diffi- 

 culties. But, so far as can be judged from 

 the facts I have at my disposal, the two ven- 

 tures have proved that the climate of England 

 is no obstacle to French gardening. Of course, 

 the small amount of sunshine is a great obstacle 

 for ripening the produce as early as it can be 

 ripened in France, even in the suburbs of Paris. 

 But home-grown fruit and vegetables have 

 always many advantages in comparison with 

 imported produce. Another disadvantage the 



