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tions of the coming swindle. A man who has paid a dollar each 

 for Tetofskys, and waited eight years to harvest a peck of apples, 

 will not be likely to bite again at words which he cannot pro- 

 nounce. I might be willing to try some of the newer sorts, at a 

 fair price, but I would carefully avoid all trees at unusual rates. 

 ISTursery stock can be propagated so rapidly that no tree, however 

 valuable, can long be held at unusual rates. 



No matter how hardy any variety of tree may be, it is still 

 necessary to plant our fruit where it will be likely to escape the 

 late spring frosts, and this will still lead us onto the high ground. 

 We lose more fruit by late frosts in the spring than we do by 

 severe winters, and the crabs are in no wise hardy in this respect. 

 My experience is that all vegetation winters the best in places 

 where the snow lies the longest in the spring, and this is where 

 protection is furnished from the south. Such places would be 

 the ones in which to plant fruits, were this the only point to be 

 considered. Some fruits, in order to perfect themselves, need the 

 strongest heat of our summers, and some things we want to force 

 to early maturity in order to advance the season for their use. 

 This will lead us to plant on southern exposures, but we must attend 

 to the matter of protecting our plants in the winter and early 

 spring. A garden spot may be exposed to heat for the sake of 

 early vegetables, but such a spot will not generally bring fruits 

 or vegetables to their greatest perfection. Lettuce and radishes 

 will show a prompt tendency to run to seed in such places. 

 Strawberries will ripen early, but we will get finer fruit when 

 grown in a cooler spot. 



On my own farm I find a great variety of soil, with as great a 

 variety of slopes — north, south, east and west; some are very 

 hot and others are cool. I believe that every spot is good for 

 something, and I am endeavoring to discover its fitness. The 

 study of all these variations with their especial adaptations, is 

 with me a very interesting study which helps to give a charm to 

 all my labors. I am inclined to prefer the cooler slopes, believ- 

 ing them to be less subject to winter killing, only, that I want 

 the hottest place possible in which to grow an early garden. I 

 wish that I might have come before you with more of the ripened 



