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on the contrary, high, airy locations, above the frost point of 
late spring and early fall. 
With such lands, culture and manuring, as I have in part 
pointed at, we have no need of a removal to a more southern 
clime. Without these it is of no use to plant any tree, shrub 
or vine, with an expectation of procuring fruit. If the Garden 
of Eden did not yield its fruit unless it was dressed by the 
hand of Adam, men cannot expect, after thorns and thistles 
have become indigenous to all soils, after noxious weeds and 
destructive insects and animals have filled the land, to reap a 
rich harvest of fruits, without the labor of care and cultivation. 
