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mands. In upland planting, where the vines have 

 done well and produced good crops, we are of opinion 

 that they have been favorably situated. 



In the absence, or rather scarcity of moisture, it is 

 common to hoe and stir the soil about the roots of the 

 plants, that it may be kept porous, so that the air may 

 contribute to the vine's necessities. 



You must not forget this, that those who plant on 

 uplands are put to trouble and expense in frequent 

 lioeing. Some individuals seem to admire and prefer 

 the upland, but we cannot see any reason for this, ex- 

 cept that it is the best situation they have at command. 

 Years of trial and experiment may yet bring this loca- 

 tion into notoriety. We have seen the upland tried 

 on Cape Cod, but the plants failed, though some few 

 lived and yielded fruit. The gentleman* who tried 

 this experiment, believes that if he had taken care of 

 his plants and hoed them often, he would have succeed- 

 ed better. This is his opinion. In our investigations 

 on this subject we fell in with the following item in the 

 Boston Telegraphy which we give entire, that the reader 

 may have all the evidence we can give him in favor 

 of the upland as a suitable location for cranberries: 



" Other experiments, however, show the practica- 

 bility of raising cranberries on upland. Mr. Roberts' 



* James Howes, Esq. 



