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Yields and Returns. — We are many times asked coiicerniiig yields, as tlie 

 prospective grower has heard of some almost fabulous quantity being produced on 

 an acre. But the average grower does not get anything like the number of boxes 

 per acre that is sometimes reported. The writer knows a number of instances 

 where patches of one acre or more have yielded, under good average conditions, but 

 no irrigation, four hundred twenty-four box crates or more per acre. Such 

 patches, though not i-are, are exceptioual. Ahnut two hundred and twenty-five to 



two hundred and seventy-five crates of abo^e size is a good yield, and would be above 

 the average, if the poorest of the growers were taken into consideration. The 

 yield depends quite 'as much on the individuality and experience of the grower as 

 on any other factor. 



Following are the fis:ures of two leadiiiu' horticulturists, aud thouuh figures 

 in fruit production can never 1)e accepted as absolute they are given to show 

 ap])roximately what is possible and as a guide to the prospective grower. No 

 tW'O growers estimate yie'lds and cost* alike, and consequently averages only can 

 be quoted. 



