THE NEW EARTH 



implements as are ready at the hand of any 

 one interested, has not only added enormously 

 to the wealth of nations but opened the way 

 to an indefinite expansion of his work on the 

 part of others. Fruit-breeding offers to the 

 amateur horticulturist opportunities rich in 

 possibilities. 



But not only has modern horticulture, the 

 horticulture of the New Earth in America par- 

 ticularly, shown rapid development in the way 

 of increased tree and vine planting, and not 

 only has individual interest heightened, both 

 in production and in the breeding of new 

 types, but the fruit-growers of the United 

 States have steadily looked beyond the bor- 

 ders of their own country in their search for 

 a market for their canned and dried goods, 

 and, in lesser measure, due to the time con- 

 sumed in long shipments, markets for fresh 

 fruit. In 1870 the export of fruits "preserved 

 in cans or otherwise" from the United States 

 to foreign countries amounted in value to 

 $81,735. Slowly, as the increase in the area of 

 fruit grown in the country enlarged in this 

 generation, the export trade has increased. 

 Ten years later, in 1880, the value of export 



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