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FRUIT CULTURE. 



APPLE CULTURE. 



BY J. H. PUTNAM, OF GRAFTOX. 



We arc Yankees. This is an age and we are a people 

 of ntilit3\ Will it pay ? is tlie test to wliieli everything 

 is bronght. Consequently, in considering the matter of 

 planting a i orchard, the first query that arises is tliis : Is 

 it reasonable to expect tliat the requisite amount of mone y 

 land and labor invested in orchard culture will yield as 

 large returns as though invested in any otlier ordinary farm 

 product ? We answer, yes. We contend tluit there is no 

 ordinary farm crop from which so nnicli can be realized 

 as from the apple orchard, in proportion to the capital and 

 labor invested — it being understood always that the situa- 

 tion, soil and climate are suitable. 



We would not expect to succeed in orchard culture on 

 the crest of the Green Mountains or in hiii-h northern lat- 

 itudes, ncitlier should we look for success in a bed of sand, 

 but, where the apple tree grows spontaneously, comes up of 

 itself in the fields and pastures, grows and produces fruit in 

 spite of neglect, we have reason to expect that, with good 



