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Those who are familiar with the facts (and those who 

 are not should read the charming book, entitled " Ten 

 Acres Enough") are aware that the cultivation of straw- 

 berries, raspberries, and blackberries, in large quantities, 

 and in the neighborhood of a large market, is exceed- 

 ingly profitable, throwing into the shade the gains se- 

 cured by any of the ordinary farm staples ; while of the 

 profits afibrded by cranberries I need not speak. And 

 where, we may ask, can a more favorable locality be 

 found for the ready and profitable sale of such fruits 

 than our own County, with its several cities and large 

 manufacturing centres, and withal so conveniently situ- 

 ated in respect to Boston ? 



I cannot leave this part of my subject without saying 

 a few words concerning the vineyard cultivation of grapes. 



It is not every farm that presents the right soil and 

 aspect for this purpose ; but a person w^ho owns a piece 

 of ground which is well adapted for a vineyard, can not 

 afford to use it for anything else. Experiments are 

 sufficiently numerous to show that, even with the varie- 

 ties of grapes we already possess, vineyards may be 

 made exceedingly profitable. That of Dr. Underbill, 

 at Croton Point, on the Hudson River, is, probably, 

 one of the most profitable in the country, but it is 

 so largely devoted to the production of wine, that it can 

 hardly be referred to as an example. Dr. Underbill has 

 between fifty and sixty acres of vines in bearing at Cro- 

 ton Point, and several additional acres at his fiirm three 

 miles distant. He employs from ten to thirteen men 

 through the season, and, during the vintage, a number 

 of women also are employed to assist in selecting and 

 packing the fruit for market, and assorting that which 

 is made into wine, so that no unripe berry shall enter 



