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bush fruits currants, gooseberries, and raspberries ought not to be taken for a less 

 term than fourteen years. For a strawberry plantation a three years' terra for light 

 soil, five years for medium, and seven years for heavy land will safeguard the grower. 



The conditions sketched may appear more favourable to tenants than to landlords. 

 Such is not the case, for a landlord would secure a higher rental for land on lease for 

 fruit-growing, and have ample security for his rent in the value of the trees, whilst the 

 condition of the land is assured by the manures applied. Persons entering on fruit- 

 growing as an industry must act strictly on sound commercial principles. Occupants 

 of large fruit farms hold them on lease, and the same security must be extended to 

 small holdings before fruit-growing for profit can be considered a safe investment, as it 

 certainly is a source of income to those fortunate enough to obtain plots of good fruit- 

 laud at a reasonable rent. 



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