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and, by keeping them free from grass, and well pruned, 

 they will bear profusely. Currants are a very grateful 

 as well as wholesome fruit. There are many other 

 kinds of fruit which might be cultivated with profit, as 

 well as to gratify the palate : they may be grown ac- 

 cording to the different tastes of individuals, and 

 though in some instances the returns should not pay 

 the expense, yet the pleasure enjoyed in nurturing 

 them, watching their growth, and finally tasting the 

 fruit, will make ample amends for the small pecuniary 

 loss. O. V. H. 



November^ 1839. 



The above communication is from an unknown 

 hand. We presume it is for publication, and therefore 

 give it a place. 



The importance of rearing good fruits is not general- 

 ly estimated. We have infinitely the advantage of the 

 English in this business ; and, if we please, we can 

 easily supply that market. 



A gentleman from Medford, the other day, observed 

 to us that a new era was dawning on commerce. That, 

 by means of the rapid communication by steamboats, 

 we could soon send to Europe articles that we should 

 not trust on a long voyage. 



He observed that nothing was more acceptable to a 

 friend in England than a present of our native fruits.. 

 But for home consumption they are valuable, and 

 should by all means be made plenty. People who are 

 fond of fine fruits are not generally addicted to ardent 

 spirits ] and a taste for fine fruits may be acquired quite 

 as easily as a taste for gin. A large portion of our 

 community are preaching strenuously against the use 

 of rum, and horrid stories are daily told to terrify us 

 out of our vicious taste. These have become very old 

 stories now, and are scarcely worth telling again. 

 Would not these preachers do better to shift their 

 course a little, and try to persuade a vicious world to 

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