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reason that they mature their fruit so early in the season, before the 

 winter's moisture is exhausted, cherry trees can be planted closer than 

 other varieties of fruit, greatly increasing the per-acre yield over other 

 kinds of fruit. ^ 



The stone fruits as a general thing are produced much more cheaply 

 than apples or pears, as most of them ripen early in the season, require 

 less cultivation, this we will call saving No. 1; with the exception of 

 peaches, apricots and a few varieties of olums, thinning of stone fruit is 

 not required, which is saving No. 2; positively no summer spraying 

 necessary, as codlin moth, so destructive to apples, attacks not the stone 

 fruits, this is saving No. 3. Supposinp- now that each point of saving 

 amounts to 10 per cent in cost of production, we then can grow our stone 

 fruits 30 per cent cheaper than apples or pears, which naturally must 

 bring correspondinglv larger profits. 



