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has them in her windows, waters them carefully, puts papers 

 around them to protect them when the thermometer goes 

 down. You would say, "Why, she can never make plants 

 grow there," but some day the last of winter, you drive by 

 and her windows are filled with blooms, many more than 

 you Avill see in fine, warm, steam-heated houses where condi- 

 tions are better, and you say, "Why is it?" I can tell you. 

 It is because this old lady loves her plants. She knows what 

 they want and she does the best she can to supply their 

 needs. It is the sentimental fruit grower that is going to be 

 successful. The fruit grower must get into communion with 

 his plants. Not every man is such a man, but every man who 

 is willing to give attention to details and is willing to work 

 hard and is willing to smile when he finds that the weather 

 has practically spoiled his products, such a man is going to 

 make a success of fruit growing. 



It is a pretty hard problem for me to come up here to- 

 day and tell you people how to grow small fruits. I can not 

 tell you anything new today. I am a great deal like the frog 

 who found himself in a can of milk that a farmer shipped to 

 Chicago. Now, this frog was very much afraid that he 

 would be drowned, but determined to do all in his power to 

 prevent such a disaster. Naturally, he kept jumping 

 around, and before that can of milk reached Chicago, he had 

 churned it and rode into the city on a ball of butter. And 

 so, if we keep agitating enough, and stimulating each other 

 and get each other thinking, perhaps we may be able to 

 learn something. Don't hesitate to ask me questions, and 

 perhaps together we may get some good out of it. 



There is today an almost unparalleled interest in grow- 

 ing of fruits. This is especially true of apples and peaches. 

 In some sections the people seem to be going apple crazy, 

 and good fruit land is doubling in value, while it is almost 

 impossible to obtain good nursery stock at any price. At 

 first thought it might appear that this does not materially 

 affect the small fruit grower, but a careful consideration of 

 the subject will, I think, convince us otherwise. Many peo- 

 ple, hitherto not fruit growers, are becoming interested, and 

 while they are waiting for returns from their larger fruits, 

 will be likely to turn to small fruits for a revenue while their 

 trees are growing. 



I do not, however, fear that there will be any danger 

 of overproduction, because the consuming public are in- 



