Damon's Essay "Small Fruits" (Concord Farmers' Club)
Damon's essay, "Small Fruits," which he wrote for the 1860-61 season of the Concord Farmers' Club and presented at the annual meeting, the year he served as president. Transcription: Small Fruits The labors of those who have given their attention to the propagation and improvement of the small fruits have been so abundantly successful that we now have a delicious and healthful supply for the warm season. The necessity which the human system feels for fruits in summer has caused more farmers and even those who have but a few rods of land to raise them more or less extensively. The increasing demand for them in the Market and the remunerating juice which they bring make their cultivation a subject worthy of the attention of this Club. Before speaking of the different kinds, I will say that I do...
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