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regular way : if they could not be consumed or disposed of 

 in the immediate neighbourhood, where they may be grown, 

 they could easily be sent a great distance without the hazard 

 of being spoiled. There is one very strong argument in 

 favour of their cultivation, which is, that they may be made 

 to grow with little trouble in places and on soils where few 

 other useful plants yet known will grow to advantage. It 

 may be said that the demand for them will be limited and 

 uncertain ; but that may have been said of a number of other 

 things of a similar nature which now meet with a regular 

 sale, and which the growers of course endeavour to cultivate 

 according to the demand they have for them. If to supply 

 the whole of Great Britain, only the produce of one hundred 

 acres were required, it would at least be one step towards 

 making that quantity of waste land useful in some degree, 

 and probably suggest some other improvement in various 

 ways. Should any person be induced to make the trial, 

 there can be no doubt the American Cranberry would be 

 the easiest managed, and most productive for general use ; 

 but as many prefer the flavour of the English Cranberry, 

 there would also be a demand for it on that account, though 

 at a higher price. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



Thomas Milne. 



Fulham, December 10th, 1822. 



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