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north of the long and high range of Charleston and Garland hills 

 that form the southern boundary of this county, we have almost 

 another climate from what you have who live south of that line. 

 Here the Baldwin and some other varieties of apples are tender 

 and liable in occasional severe winters to be injured. Pear trees 

 when set out hardl}' know whether it is worth while to try to live 

 or not, and if they do survive and grow it is in a rather feeble, 

 half-hearted way. The wood is stained by the severity of winter, 

 wounds heal with difficulty, and the fruitage is comparatively' small. 

 Occasionally, however, some do fairly well and give encourage- 

 ment to continue trying. With grapes, only the very earliest vari- 

 eties ripen. 



But nevertheless, this is the birthplace of the noble Rolfe apple, 

 and we raise apples in abundance for home use and some to ship, 

 and we might raise an abundance of small fruits if we only would. 

 As an example of what may be done and for the encouragement of 

 otliers, I can say that strawberries have been raised here at the rate 

 of three hundred dollars per acre, and onions at a value of five 

 hundred dollars per acre in quarter acre lots. Currants may be 

 profitably raised heie. A Fay's Prolific currant bash, consisting of 

 a single twig, brought here eleven years ago, has by judicious pro- 

 pagation been increased a thousand fold ; and the sale of bushes 

 and fruit has brought scores of dollars, besides being a benefit to 

 the community at large, as is the introduction of any superior new 

 fruit. If this can be done by an amateur, of course those who 

 make a regular business of such things can do better. 



It often requires no more labor to do things the right wa}' and 

 succeed, than the wrong way and fail. Hard work without proper 

 knowledge is not usually successful, and hard work without proper 

 management will meet with equal failure ; but the right thing done 

 at the right time and in the right manner is successful. 



People could if they only would, and it is one of the objects 

 of this society to encourage this very thing ; to help awaken an 

 interest in, and spread abroad a knowledge of the "know how," 

 which is so very essential to the success of any undertaking. 



This society exists for the acquisition and diffusion of knowledge ; 

 and we hope and expect as knowledge is cumulative, that those 

 who succeed us will be benefited by the results we attain, and will 

 know more than we do. In this direction there is one thing which 

 is very creditable to the fathers and mothers of New England, and 

 in which they are nearly all agreed ; and that is, they all want their 



