CoRNEi.1. University, Ithaca, N. Y., Oct. 21st, 1898. 



The Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, 



Albany, N. Y. 



Sir : This bulletin is submitted for publication under Chapter 

 67 of the Laws of 1898. 



Five years ago Professor L. H. Baile}' began to make a careful 

 stud}' of the fruit-growing industry. Since that time he has 

 visited Florida and other southern states and has made himself 

 familiar with the production of many classes of fruits. He has 

 studied the problems under consideration not only in all of the 

 fruit-growing counties of this state, but has made trips into the 

 fruit-growing districts of Europe. 



While this bulletin does not embody the results of strictly scien- 

 tific investigations, it does give, in a concise form, the conclusions 

 reached by the author after a long, careful study of fruit-growing 

 under widely different climates, soils, markets and local conditions. 

 Few Americans have had the opportunity for making such 

 extended observations and few writers on fruit-growing have 

 shown a greater interest in the welfare of both producer and con- 

 sumer. It is therefore with pleasure that I submit this bulletin 

 which embodies the ripened judgment of an expert. 



I. P. Roberts, 



Director. 



