ON THE SNTnOBUCTION OF NEW FUUITS. 149 



Oils supply of fruit, and of a ([uaHty siiHicieiitly excellent 

 to artbrd great satisfaction in the use. If there he a tree 

 tliat can he spared, set a vine heside it, and let it Sfjread itself 

 oKt upon its hranches. If there he a wall or fence it will M^ell 

 answer the place of a costly trellis. If there be a rock upon 

 which, to take an illustration from the scripture, no one 

 ploughs, let a vine cover it, and let no one neglect to 

 cultivate, altogether, because ho has not time or means to 

 cultivate in the most scientific and expensive manner. The 

 example set by Mr. Daniel Rogers, in Newbury, is good. 

 Some years since he set a vine taken from the wood- 

 land beside a large rock near his house. This vine soon spread 

 out and covered the rock, and has produced bountifully. Two 

 years since, when visited by the charim<an of the Comnaittee, it 

 was judged to have at least seven buslrels of a very good grape 

 upon its branches, and should it continue to increase as it lias 

 done for years past, there is no reason to doubt but double 

 ♦his quantity may be gathered from it. This vino was re- 

 ported to the Society in 18^50, a large specimen ot the grapes 

 exhibited, and a pretty fuli account given in writing concern- 

 ing it, but was, by some mistake, no doubt, overlooked and 

 unnoticed in the Society's report. 



A little fruit is better than none, aud that which the many 

 may call indiirerent, possesses excellencies enough to justify 

 Jhe cultivation of it where better cannot be obtained, (^nc 

 iact is certain that there are no grapes growing in our wild 

 ^andsbutare anxiously sought and eaten with avidity, nor 

 •any that are cultivated but will be thankfully received by all if 

 presented to them, none but will be purchased if exposed in 

 llie market, and we may add none but what will be stolen if 

 opportunities are discovered. From all which circunistaiices 

 the Committee feel justified in saying, that in the unprejudiced 

 f'stitnation of the community, the grapes of our own county 

 are well worth cultivation, and that a much greater supply of 

 them is required to satisfy the general demand. 



GARDNER, B. PERRY, } Committee 

 GEORGE W. CARR. ^ IVe^^cnt. 



