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county. The g^entleraan from whom I obtained them had only one 

 tree. I know of no others. 



Mr. H. W. Brown. I have the same apple. I have half a dozen 

 of them, and two of them bore a few apples this past fall for the 

 first time. By the description that has given they seem to be true to 

 name. It makes a very rugged, thrifty, hard3^ tree. 



MONEY IN SMALL FRUITS. 

 By J. H. IIai.i:. Glastonbury, Conn. 



While we are all somewhat distantly related to Adam of long ago, 

 we more clearly resemble and no doubt are not very distantly related 

 to one Col. Sellers of a more recent date. Every new enterprise 

 that comes to our notice has "millions in it," and many of us have 

 rushed into the small fruit business in the hope o. there finding an 

 easy road to wealth; yet the "millions in it" proved to be needs 

 instead of dollars. 



However, my subject here to-day, "Money in Small Fruits," has 

 a very pleasing sound, for who of us tillers of the soil does not jump 

 at the chance of any honest industry that there is money in? Not 

 that the gathering or accumulating of money is or should be the 

 chief end of life ; ^-et we all know and appreciate its value in secur- 

 ing for us the comforts and necessities of life, and should neglect 

 no opportunity to obtain enough of this world's goods, that our 

 families ma}' not be denied these things. 



"Money in Small Fruits" would indicate the planting and culti- 

 vating of these choice gifts of nature was to be carried on for the 

 sale of these products and to this part of the question we will now 

 turn our attention. If any have come here to-day expecting that I 

 am to unfold an}' great secrets of the business from my own per- 

 sonal experience, whereby large profits have been secured, I will state 

 for their information that nothing startling is to be developed, simply 

 a plain statement of a few of the main points that have been de- 

 veloped by a life of work in small fruit growing for profit, that has 

 not brought a fortune yet has given what is better, a pleasant home 

 and a good comfortable living. Of course you will understand that 

 the term small fruits applies to strawberiies, raspberries, blackber- 

 ries, currants, gooseberries, &c., and not to small or second-class 

 apples, pears, plums, &c. It may well be called one of our infant 



