CAN PEACHES BE GROWN IN MINNESOTA WITH PROFIT? 187 



My little experience in growing peaches in Minnesota has con- 

 vinced me that there is too much risk of losing the trees by injury 

 to the roots in laying them down, or of their winter-killing after 

 they are down, to take the chances of growing them here in large 

 quantities as a business venture. There are so many little details 

 that must be attended to, or a failure is sure to follow. The mice 

 and rabbits must be looked after, or they will destroy them. It will 

 take from one to two hours for one man to lay down and cover a 

 six year old tree in good shape to go safely through a Minnesota 

 winter. Therefore I advise you, if you intend to grow peaches as 

 a money making business to look for a warmer climate for your 

 venture. 



Money making is not all that pays in life. If it was, God pity 

 us! 



Will it pay to have one or more peach trees in some sheltered 

 place near our home, where the tree will be an ornament and from 

 which we may gather delicious fruit for our table, for canning and 

 for eating from the hand? I say it pays me. It will pay you. 



Peaches grown in this climate and fully ripened on the tree 

 are finer in flavor than any you can buy on the market, and the 

 thought that they grew on your grounds makes them doubly 

 sweet to the taste and pleasant to the eye. 



The beautiful blossoms, in the early spring, the lovely foliage 

 through the summer and, last but not least, the luscious fruit in 

 the fall — who dare say that all this does not pay for the few hours' 

 work ? 



If you can and will take in all this beauty, from the opening 

 of the buds in spring until the fruit is fully ripe, and then moisten 

 your lips with the juice of a peach, fully ripened on the tree, you 

 will feel amply paid for all of your labor with interest. 



We cultivate flowers in our gardens, and we know it pays, be- 

 cause they cheer and brighten our lives, and they furnish beautiful 

 decorations for our tables and homes. So with the peach — and it is 

 more attractive because not common in this climate. Many people 

 came to my place the past summer just to see the peach trees with 

 their fruit. Many of them said they had never seen a peach tree 

 before. I enjoyed these calls and chats, and it paid me, for it made 

 life sweeter and home dearer. 



Yes,- 1 am sure it will pay any one who has a place for them to 

 plant two or more peach trees if they will give them the necessary 

 care and at the proper time. If you can't or won't care for them, 

 then don't plant any peach trees in Minnesota. It won't pay you. 



