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learning the details of the business, then return to Maine and make 

 this their chosen and permanent profession. I believe almost 

 unbounded success and tlie supply of an urgent demand awaits such 

 an enterprise. And I am inclined to the opinion that this Society 

 can no way more successfully advance the interests of the cause 

 they represent than to make such effort as will result in this end. 



But what I more particularly wish to impress upon the minds of 

 those in want of any kind of nursery stock, is to give all canvassers 

 a short answer and wide berth. And if the goods required can not 

 be obtained at home, to give their orders direct to some reliable 

 nurseryman in some other State. By so doing, stock true to name, 

 of good quality when shipped, and at less cost, including cost of 

 transportation, may be obtained. And in no case trust to the wily 

 tramp who perambulates every town in the State, seeking whom he 

 may beguile with his smooth words and pretty pictures. And here, 

 I beg leave to make a statement of a case in point showing the ad- 

 vantages of ordering direct from the pioducer. 



A certain party in the good old town of Winthrop, being desirous 

 of entering into the cultivation of a good assortment of the small 

 fruits for family' use, interviewed several of the tramps alluded to, 

 and found their prices invariably as much for twelve plants as the cost 

 of one hundred ordered direct from the nurseryman and delivered in 

 Winthrop. These facts, alone, not only make plain the situation, but 

 commend themselves to the consideration of every one who contem- 

 plates growing fruit. And now while my pen is inked, I beg leave 

 to call attention to the importance of small fruit culture. I wish to 

 say to ever}' man who has a family and owns a half acre of land, 

 that there is no use to which he can devote a few square rods that 

 will give so much satisfaction as the cultivation of a good assortment 

 of the small fruits. 



With comparative!}' a small outla}', and by devoting a little spare 

 time to the pleasant occupation of cultivating the plants, and with 

 the present facilities for keeping for future use whatever is desn*able, 

 every family may enjoy the pleasure of having some one of the small 

 fruits on the table every day in the year. Every one has a penchant 

 for these fruits, and, to gratify this taste, will range the tield, the 

 cutdowns, hills and valleys for them in their wild state, while by de- 

 voting far less time to the cultivation of the improved varieties than 

 is required to gather the meager suppl}', an abundance of these fruits 

 of far superior quality may be obtained. I am glad to know that 



