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vine from their lands ; in a day a man can gather several thousand vines, 

 and they will bear transplanting, in damp weather, throughout the year, 

 when the ground is open, though I consider the spring and fall the best 

 time for the operation. I have had them transplanted in blossom, and 

 ■with the fruit set, without disturbing their growth, apparently, in the least ; 

 the vine is very tenacious of life. 



Whether the " Upland " variety is better than the vines which bore the 

 fruit which I place on exhibition, I know not, la all cases, as far as I can 

 learn, you have to wait about three years from the time of transplanting 

 before you commence getting much return ; and as it takes about 16,000 

 plants to properly cover an acre, it becomes a question of importance to 

 all, but of special and vital interest to the poor man, should he design to 

 cultivate, to estimate the necessary outlay in plants; the " Upland " costs 

 about ten dollars per thousand plants, one hundred and sixty dollars per 

 acre ; such as I use can be got, as before shown, at trifling cost. The Up- 

 land cannot always be got, even should one feel inclined to get them. 



I think that my operations, nnd the operations of my neighbors, have 

 demonstrated that — 



The cranberry will grow and do well, though the vines be taken directly 

 from the swatups ; 



That they will grow upon new land, and immediately upon its being 

 broken up ; 



Without manure ; 



Without a wet subsoil ; 



Without artificial irrigation ; 



With but a moderate amount of labor ; 



Producing a good-sized, deep-colored, well-matured, and highly-flavored 

 berry, and that in dollars and cents the returns are sufficient to induce 

 many to follow the example set before them. 



And here, permit me, in passing, to observe, that these lands are not 

 only fitted for a profitable growth of the cranberry, but that from my 

 own knowledge, that every production of the soil can be as well grown 

 upon them as upon lands in the same parallel of latitude, with as little 

 labor, and with the same outlay for manure, if properly handled and at- 

 tended to. 



CALIFORNIA VEGETATION. 



The Secretary stated that the receipts of the late State fair in California 

 were $35,000. Pears were exhibited that weighed 23 ounces, and peaches 

 17 ounces. 



Mr. Bruce made some remarks upon the prevention of thieves from steal- 

 ing growing fruit, which he gathered from California papers. A fruit- 

 grower immerses fruit in a solution of ipecacuanha, where it is liable to be 

 stolen. It works like a charm. Several persons in the vicinity have had 

 to send for and pay the doctor, after stealing some of this prepared fruit. 

 The apples, or pears, or grapes, thus prepared, are marked so as not to be 



