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THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



The figures show: 1, that we are laying out an immense sum every month on 

 colonial and foreign fruits ; 2, that our home supply of such produce as the public 

 needs is inadequate for consumptive demands. In favourable seasons our harvest of 

 hardy fruits ought not only to meet the requirements of our own people, but we ought to 

 have a large surplus of preserved fruit for shipping to other parts. In no country in the 

 world can soft fruits be grown so well and preserved so cheaply as the United Kingdom. 

 But it may be urged that our climate is fickle and full crops cannot always be relied on. 

 Neither can they in other countries, as every year's statistics abundantly demonstrate. 

 We are not handicapped by the weather to half the extent that is popularly supposed, 

 and not nearly so much so as by habitual negligence or faulty routine in cultivation, 



