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mer we should be able to cater to them ^{the following summer} abundantly
of small fruits & cream a bottle of wine occasionally
& perhaps some apples, Plums, Cherries, Pears and a
few Peaches as many of our trees should bear slight
crops by that time, and so would my Grape
vines wh I have the Miller's Burgundy, Royal Muscatine,
Catawba Isabella & Diana, and hope soon to get the
Concord & Delaware- Flowers too must have a
plan for attraction, they also can be made at least
self supporting by selling boquets to the visitors for
say from 12 1/2 to 25 cents each according to selection
made and perhaps to complete the whole and ob-
servatory some 25 or 30 feet should be erected, the fram
ing would do to trellis heavy grapes on. What do
you think of the Picture, won't it be more suitable
to an invalid and old age, and more remunerative
than grain culture. I have solicited the opinion of
several of my friends on such a proceeding, they
mostly think favourable and say they believe once such
an establishment was known, there will be no lack of
visitors, many persons would like to make up picknic
parties if there was an interesting pace to go to -
further Should will it not be a benefit to the public? It is
well known to market Cultivators that size and appearance of fruits
generally is esteemed more by the masses than quality a large Red