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CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS. 



The suitability of the land and climatic conditions 

 for the early maturity of fruit seems to be the funda- 

 mental cause of success. To this I would add the 

 initial fostering of the trade by a local practical 

 man with a thorough knowledge of his subject 

 combined with a keen business capacity. 



This district is another example of those places 

 wherein the conditions for the natural development 

 of small holdings obtain when these are once started. 

 As a consequence, when land comes into the market, 

 it is found to realize higher prices if put up in small 

 lots for sale or divided for renting, and thus smaller 

 men with little capital have a chance to acquire it ; 

 and their previous training enables them to put it 

 to the best use when they have got it. 



It is a very significant fact that, in the surround- 

 ing parishes, out of 423 holdings of over 5 acres, 107 

 are occupied by men who were labourers, or are 

 the sons of labourers ; in many cases these men 

 have been enabled to take and stock small agricul- 

 tural holdings, or plant sufficient acreage with fruit 

 to maintain themselves and their families, by means 

 of the extra money they have been able to earn by 

 growing fruit in a small way while working for 

 regular wages. 



The usual accompanying conditions of small 

 holdings are also found here in the absence of 

 pauperism and drunkenness. The only paupers 



