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loam. The vines lived and bore a few cranberries. 

 The .soil, I think, was rather too rich, having been 

 manured the year previous ; in consequence of this, 

 the grass grew up and choked the vines. Besides this, 

 the summer following the one in which I set my vines 

 we had a severe drought, which dried and baked the 

 ground to the great injury of the vines. I believe 

 that if I had set out the vines in the spring^ and hoed 

 tliem two or three times during the season, they would 

 have done much better and yielded a larger crop. 



From the experiments which I have made in 

 upland cultivation of the cranberry, I believe that the 

 vine can be successfully cultivated on the upland; 

 providing the vines are well cultivated. I design set- 

 ting out another patch, on the cultivation of which I 

 intend to apply the knowledge I have gained from my 

 former experiment. Eespectfully, 



James Howes. 



LETTER XIII. 



Dear Sir : — Yours to Thomas Lathrop, Esq., of 

 the 8th inst, came duly to hand, and he has request- 

 ed me to answer your questions to him. 



1. As to the location, " before the growing of cran- 



