CHAPTEE Y. 



WHAT TO GROW. 



FOR those who have the command of capital, and who 

 want to invest it to the best advantage, and to know 

 how best to employ, say, 150 to 250, there should 

 probably be at least three- fourths reserved for the 

 erection and heating of greenhouses. The heating 

 apparatus, with boilers complete, would cost, on the 

 average, nearly as much as the structure itself say 1 

 per foot and probably more to those who do most of 

 the building work themselves. But this depends upon 

 the size of structure, local circumstances, and what 

 sells best, as well as to the amount of heat required. 

 Tomatoes, wall-fruit, and occasionally grapes, are raised 

 fairly successfully with very little or no artificial heating, 

 but in that case we are too much at the mercy of the 

 seasons to be safe. 



This same uncertainty will prevent the cautious 

 cultivator from depending to any large extent upon 

 standard or "top fruit" for out-door culture. Apples, 

 pears, and cherries, as a general rule, are not very 

 dependable crops, unless in very favourable localities, 

 and until the trees have been planted (if standards) 

 from fifteen to twenty j^ears. 



