acd there too, vou may trace the faint cutlines of extensive 
gardens gone to utter ruin, 
"Before the Revolution, and even arter that time, our 
ancestors continued, as it would seem from mere force of habit, 
to plant fruit, but even that habit has died away in the boasted 
"march of intéllect"..Very few think now of planting anything , 
the fruit of which can not be enjo;ed in less tian ten or fif- 
teen vears, and the trees that are planted are rer the most 
partahbandoned, as fondlings b: their unnetural paren:s, without 
care or culture, exposed to 211 of the buffetings and peitings 
Of tee pi~iless storm, and other ills that trees, as. well es 
flesh are “heirs to”, 
The conditions described above, lasted throught this 
recion until comparatively recent years. Tne industry had gone 
into a rut, and was destined to remain there until modern scien- 
tific methods werr applied te uplirt 1%, ard place 1% upon a 
seund tasis, Tithin the past twenty five years, there nis been 
an alrost complete revoluticn in the culfivaticn of Truit. Tie 
dev of t:e ignorant farmer, with his improvinent careiess metn- 
ods , and his large acerage of inproperiy eared fer land, 15 
fast becoming a thing of the past. His place is being taken 
by the educated man who appiies te the profession of modern 
agriculture and horticulsuré improved and se1éntirfic methods, 
that enable them to make a fortune on a small fracticn of the 
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