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of land, and my next was, planting the vines in the 

 fall on a piece of ground that could not be protected 

 from the frost by flowing, by which means the vines 

 were stunted and their vigor destroyed so that they 

 could not compete with the surrounding grass, and 

 were, therefore, overpowered. 



I have one other piece of cranberry ground adjoining 

 a large pond, warm and sandy. I set out the vines on 

 this piece in May, and got two bushels of cranberries 

 to an acre the same year. This piece having been 

 planted but eighteen months, promises finely, but I do 

 not expect much yield till the third year. This piece 

 cost me, when competed, at the rate of $750 per acre. 

 It is made on the poorest sandy soil I could get, and 

 such I would recommend to the cranberry grower, as 

 I never saw a soil so poor that cranberry vines would 

 not grow in it. My idea is, the poorer the soil the 

 less trouble I shall have to keep down other grass, no 

 fear of the vines, they will grow where no grass will. 



Yours, 



December llth, 1855. J. 0. HOWES. 



LETTER XI. 



DEAR SIR: I received yours of the 8th instant, 

 and will proceed to answer your questions : 



