APPLE GROWING 



land, which had to be farmed to as good advan- 

 tage as possible under the circumstances, and 

 if the apple trees by any chance yielded a crop, 

 the owner regarded himself as fortunate in- 

 deed. 



But conditions have now changed. Both 

 local and foreign markets have been opened up 

 and developed so that the demand for good 

 fruit is great. It will be some time before the 

 thousands of acres of orchards which have been 

 and are being planted to meet this demand will 

 be able to do so in any adequate way. It has 

 been shown In Chapter I how heavy has been 

 the falling off in the supply, even in the face of 

 these heavy plantings. Meanwhile we must 

 turn to the old neglected farm orchards for our 

 supply of apples. Just at this particular time 

 the renovation of these old orchards offers a 

 splendid opportunity to Increase the farm In- 

 come. 



The question is a live one on nearly every 

 general farm In the East. Will It pay to try to 

 renovate my old apple trees? If so, what 

 should I do to make them profitable? What 

 will it cost and what returns may be expected? 

 The latter question will be taken up In the fol- 

 lowing chapter, but here we must try to indi- 

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