220 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The second important consideration is the land, and we must have good 

 cultivation, not to eradicate weeds but because the orchard requires it. 

 Manure and lots of it, applied to the land as soon as made and left uutil 

 plowed in — or, if this can not bo done, the best way to save manure is to put 

 it in broad, shallow piles and keep it moist and under cover if possible. A 

 compost heap should also be made, into which should go all the leaves and 

 refuse of all kinds. 



Location or site : Higher lands are preferable, for they are drained of the 

 cold air by the lower lamls. 



Varieties: The best varieties for your purpose. If to ship, those adapted to 

 the market when the fruit is shipped in good honest packages. South Haven 

 has now a good name for shipping in honest packages and, I am glad to see, 

 prides herself on this fact. 



Good marketing, which again includes the necessity of the first point, or a 

 man with brains. 



Pedigree in fruit — and I believe in pedigrees in fruit as well as in horses or 

 cattle. 



Succession of crops — and this applies particularly to vegetables and double 

 cropping, where as many as three or four crops are taken oil in a single season. 



Market facilities: We must adapt ourselves to the market facilities, for they 

 will not adapt themselves to us, and whether we make money or not on fruit 

 depends on what we have in ourselves. 



