LECTURE VII 



PROFITABLE CULTURE 



Green Crops and Small Fruit 



IMPORTANT as large fruits, especially apples, un- 

 doubtedly are, and valuable as are root crops, as will 

 be shown, there are various green crops of very great 

 service, also soft or bush fruits that are easy to 

 grow, and which bear good yields sooner than do the 

 larger kinds. Success in their production depends on 

 correct methods of cultivation. 



Procedure. The line of cropping to adopt so 

 that the most satisfactory results may be obtained, 

 can only be determined by a consideration of local 

 circumstances, such as the nature of the soil and the 

 facilities for disposing of the produce. 



In respect to soil. Suppose a man had one portion 

 of his land heavy and wet and desired to grow, say, 

 potatoes of the best quality, and a heavy crop of 

 broad beans, he would not, if he were wise, plant the 

 strong land with potatoes, and lighter and drier with 

 beans, but the reverse, because only in that way 

 could he do the best in his power for both crops. Oi* 

 if he wished to grow small fruits, he would not plant, 

 say, black currants and raspberries in the driest 

 parts, and red currants and gooseberries in tha 





