

CHAPTER IY. 



WHO CAN GROW FRUIT PROFITABLY? 



FRUIT growing is especially suitable for "small holdings" 

 and large gardens. The big farmer considers it, as a 

 rule, to be merely " a little man's job," and in many 

 cases the orchard is looked upon as " a nuisance," often 

 because the fences even are not kept up, and no attempt 

 is made at careful cultivation by the ordinary farmer. 

 But as the usual system of cultivation of corn crops and 

 roots for stock is nearly every year bringing worse and 

 worse results, all who are cultivating the soil, whether 

 on a large or small scale, must look around for the most 

 profitable fresh crops they can raise. 



If fruit growing is undertaken generally, is it likely 

 to be overdone ? 



To that question the general reply of the experts is 

 "certainly not," if care is taken to select the right sorts 

 to grow, and to produce them of the best possible quality. 

 Indifferent quality, carelessly marketed, is almost 

 certain to result in heavy loss. On the other hand, 

 judging by the past ten or twenty years' trade, the 

 markets will open out to receive any quantity of really 

 good fruit that can be produced of every choice variety 

 in its season. 



