CHAPTER X 



FRUIT GROWING 



American Supremacy Development Improvement 

 Apples, quality, thinning Peaches Chances of Suc- 

 cess Protecting Grapes Pears Plums Quinces 

 Cherries Persimmons Small Fruit Extra 

 Culture Strawberries Bush Fruit Exceptional 

 Returns. 



FRUIT growing is rapidly increasing. The 

 general climate of the United States is more 

 favorable than that of Europe. Much American 

 fruit is now exported because our fruit is more 

 uniform and better than the European. Large 

 quantities of apples go to England and Ger- 

 many and we may look forward to an increasing 

 trade in pears and other fruits. 



In the last few years plantations of all sorts, 

 orchards, gardens and nurseries, have increased 



wonderfully, from the extreme north to the 



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