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feelings of sympathy ; and the planting and protecfloo 

 of orchards has been considered, by every age, as a ' 

 kind of indispensable duty. That one may plant the 

 tree, and that another, to come after him, may enjoy the 

 ffuit, ought to occasion no hesitation. Every one hopes 

 to leave value to his children or relations. The shape 

 is of no material consequence, whether it be in a grow- 

 ing tree, or in one grown. If at the verge of life he 

 plant — he adds so much to the value of the land, for 

 the benefit of his heir. But these objections, can be 

 felt only, as to the apple and the pear, which come late, 

 but last long. As to all other fruits, he that plants at 

 almost any age, may hope to enjoy, their maturity is so 

 earW. 



When we consider the various manners in which fruits 

 are beneficial ; when we recollect the pleasure they af- 

 ford to the senses, and the chaste and innocent occu- 

 pation which they give in their cultivation ; when we 

 consider the reputation which they communicate to a 

 country in the eye of strangers, especially as affording 

 a test of its climate and industry ; w^ien we remember 

 the importance of improving the beverage which they 

 are intended to supply ; when it is calculated under how 

 many solid forms they may be exported (as dried, and 

 preserved, as well as in their natural state ;) and lastly, 

 when we reflect upon the utility of giving to our rural 

 labours a thoughtful turn, which is the best substitute 

 now left, after having quitted our primeval state ; I say, 

 when we consider these things, it will appear that the 

 subject of fruits, which were the tirst earthly gift cf 

 Providence to man in his more favoured state, may well 

 continue to merit both the public and individual atten- 

 tion. 



APPLE TREE. 



Among the numerous varieties of fruit-bearing trees, 

 cultivated in our country, the apple is, coni'essedly, of 

 superior importance and utility. It is among the excel- 

 lencies of a fruit orchard, that it affords a salubrious bc- 

 -jerage, an adequate supply of which would have a ten- 

 dency to diminish, if not supercede, the consumption of 

 ardent spirits, so destructive to the health and moral 

 character of our citizens. 



