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 culti-
vating upon it a crop of vegetables, preparatory
to making

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 culti
-vating upon it a crop of vegetables, preparatory
to making