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H. Scholten tells me he can make more money out of his Ben Davis, than 

 all other varieties of apples put together, and make it easier, too. While 

 one grower may make a fair profit, another fails to accomplish it. 



Pears, as a general orchard crop for profits, I have my doubts about. 

 Myself I had a little experience ; twenty-two years ago I planted 700 

 pear trees, 400 Standards, the rest Dwarfs, but never made the interest 

 on the cost of trees and all work thrown in, and now have hardly any 

 trees left. While one makes a profit in raising apples, others make 

 money from grapes. I made good profits out of peach growing, and what 

 has been done can be done again. One of my neighbors, Mr. Kelley, 

 has a fine prospect for large profits in a ten-acre peach orchard this year. 

 Others again are profitable with plums or cherries, strawberries, raspber- 

 ries or blackberries. One of my friends in Michigan reports big profits 

 from cranberries. Good results are often and easily obtained from rais- 

 ing vegetables. A gardening friend close by made last year a handsome 

 profit on two acres of sweet potatoes, the Early Golden. This year he 

 planted four acres, mostly of the same kind. Another neighbor has made 

 large profits from raising late cabbage and celery by irrigation ; another 

 horticulturist tells me he made money by raising onions. Last, not 

 least. Floriculture claims her share on the list of horticultural pursuits 

 for profits. Many are engaged profitably in raising roses (plants), while 

 others make money by raising cut flowers or bedding plants. 



On one kind of fruit big profits maybe made, and that is on raising 

 quinces. They are not hard to raise, but seem very much neglected. 

 Reading the market quotations in proper season you will find quinces 

 always scarce and at high figures. So, my horticultural friends, you can 

 see there are plenty of chances for profits, if we would only be content 

 with reasonable profits and strive to produce the very best articles of the 

 various kinds I don't see why horticulture should not be profitable. It 

 need not be one particular fruit, plant or vegetable ; there is money in all 

 of them, but how to get it out that is the question. One often derives 

 large profits even from failures. 



