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1834 Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1831.034.010

Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1834 (page_0004)
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Report on the Committee to Examine the Garden, 1834 (page_0004)

into bearing, requiring but little space; neither do they much exhaust the soil, and if the kinds of fruit are found to be undesirable, may be at once changed by innoculation._ Neither would the trees and shrubs, wanted to be purchased here, require any great expenditure; the latter need only be had in small quantities of a kind, as they increase rapidly by offsets, and would very soon furnish not only the quantity wanted for the use of the Garden and Cemetery, but also a surplus for sale._

Your Committee have made an examination of all the grounds, with a view of ascertaining where the best land is located, and they have discovered a piece situated south of "Gerry Lane", comprising about an acre and a half, which appears to be as good as any there is, and which the gardner thinks is the best._This, it is recommended to have turned up with the plough, either this autumn, or in the spring, and reduced to good tilth by cultivating upon it a crop of vegetables, preparatory to making

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