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Soils mostly to be preferred. 



guous to large bodies of standing waters, as 

 lakes, meres, &c. subject to a heavy and con- 

 stant soak throughout the autumn, winter, 

 and spring seasons ; and this where the natu- 

 ral soil is considered of inferior quality, with 

 the further disadvantage of but little cultiva- 

 tion ; yet under such circumstances, generally 

 affording the most abundant crops of fullest- 

 sized fruit, not in peculiar, but common sea- 

 sons, without any perceptible difference of 

 success in the varieties, except the red early 

 Premier and yellow large Antwerp, which we 

 have not noticed in these situations. In many 

 other places, in such countries where the 

 earth is naturally of richer quality, but cool, 

 and with the further advantage of liberal cul- 

 tivation, these plants grow in boggy soils, 

 somewhat similar to the former, their produc- 

 tions have been far superior to any we have 

 elsewhere witnessed, annually affording an 

 abundant crop of very superior fruit. It has 

 been not unfrequently noticed, that in fenny 



