PART THIRD. 



THE FRUIT GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 



CHAPTER I. 



ON THE MANAGEMENT OF TREES. 



ART. 1. On the Selection of Fruit. 



IN the selection of the different kinds of fruit, the 

 orchardist or planter should consider that the plant- 

 ing of fruit is not merely a temporary speculation ; 

 but, a process that is always expensive at the com- 

 mencement ; and that the after value that will acrue 

 from it, will generally be according to the adaptation 

 and selection of the ground to be planted. Hence 

 it will appear that the capital invested will return a 

 certain per centum, in accordance with the judicious 

 selection of the ground, and making a proper choice 

 of good kinds. 



In order to give every facility to the selection of 

 the most proper kinds of fruit, I have been more 

 limited in my descriptive list than usual in such 

 books. The object here kept in view has been to 

 recommend none but those kinds that have been 

 proved to possess such qualities as render them 

 deserving a place in the fruit garden or orchard un- 



