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see are broiiglit from the northern part of l^aw Jersey, about ten 

 miles from the place occupied by Mr. Fuller. 



Dr. Isaac P. Trimble — If Mr. Fuller had been with us at Ilam- 

 montown two or three years ago he would not talk so wild. I have 

 seen this great city of New York flooded with strawberries all from 

 south of Philadelphia. 



William Gulliver on Colorado. 

 This gentleman having returned from the far west, gave some 

 account of what he there saw : I desire to say a word in relation to 

 other fruits, grain and vegetables grown in the valleys at the base of 

 the Rocky mountains. First, in relation to the strawberry. This 

 delicious fruit is to be found in large quantities, not only on the plains 

 at the base of the mountains, but high up ; it may be found within a 

 few feet of the regions of eternal snow. I have enjoyed myself slid- 

 ing dowm snow-drifts on the fourth of July, and when fatigued with 

 the amusement, would sit down in the grass near the edge of the 

 snow, and gather as many strawberries as I could eat. They com- 

 mence to ripen about the first of June, and continue to blossom, bear 

 and ripen, until about the middle of September, and during the entire 

 time the vines are very full of fruit in the various stages of advance- 

 ment. The berry is small, very sweet and luscious. AVhether it 

 should be as prolific, or the fruit as finely flavored if transplanted in 

 another climate, I do not pretend to say. I only know what I know, 

 and that I say. There are also to be found, growing in great abund- 

 ance in the valleys at the base of the Sierra Madre, immense quantities 

 of choke-cherries (a very superior kind of wild cherry, and a power- 

 ful astringent), raspberries of a superior kind, plums, grapes, goose- 

 berries, black, red and yellow currants, juniper berries, whortleber- 

 ries, hops and so on. Wild oats, timothy, and a beautiful species 

 of clover are to be found on the table lands, and in the passes. In 

 relation to the vegetable creation, the story I wrote to you some time 

 ago about the turnips was no friction. That turnip could not have 

 been crowded into a peck measure. Wheat weighs seventy-two 

 pounds to the bushel. Several acres of potatoes on Mr. Clarke's 

 ranche, five miles above Denver, were averaged, and it was found 

 that the average was one pound apiece, that is for each potato. I 

 bought a watermelon from which five of us partook heartily three 

 different times, and then threw more than half of it away because it 

 became sour. I have seen the Mr. Clarke referred to above cut up 

 three heads of cabbage for sour-krout, and they filled a flour barrel. 



