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when a man has once established an orchard, he is reasonably sure 

 of an income from it, not only throughout his lifetime, but for the 

 next generation. Indeed, while 100 years may be given as the 

 probable limit of an orchard's life, there are many trees in the 

 Annapolis Valley known to have been planted by the French 

 Acadians, which cannot therefore be less than 150 to 200 years 

 old, and yet are vigorous and productive. 



TABLE OF COST AND PROFIT OF APPLE GROWING IN NOVA SCOTIA. l 



Cost. 



25 acres land at $30 per acre ..... 750-00 



1,000 apple trses, three years old, from nursery, 20 cents . 200*00 



Setting out i, ooo trees, preparing land, etc., i o cents each . 100-00 



Fertilizing, clearing, mulching, etc., first year . . 200-00 



$1,250-00 



Twelve years' interest on $1,250 at 5 per cent. . 750-00 



Cultivating during twelve years at $100 per year . 1,200-00 

 Fertilizing, mulching, replacing dead trees, and other 



expenses for twelve years ..... 450-00 



Total cost till twelve years old . . $3,650-00 



Income. 

 Yield the loth and previous years, 500 barrels at $i per 



barrel, clear of charges .... . 500-00 



Yield from loth to 2oth year, average 500 barrels per 



year 5,000 barrels at $i clear. . . . 5,000-00 



Yield from 2oth to looth year, average 2,000 barrels a 

 year, at $i per barrel clear =80 years, 2,000 barrels 

 per year. ....... 160,000-00 



$165,500-00 



All expenses not herein provided for are overpaid by value of 

 other crops, and all possible loss from bad markets and insect 

 pests is more than repaid by the average estimate of $i per barrel, 

 as $2 is about the average for the last twenty years. This estimate 

 is based on thirty years' actual experience. 



The following is a statement of gross income of two areas of 

 orchard in King's Co., N.S. 



Apples grown on 12 acres orchard, 600 trees, thirty years old : 



1 Vide pamphlet published by authority of the Nova Scotia Government 

 on Nova Scotia its Resources and Opportunities, obtainable from the Pro- 

 vincial Secretary, Halifax, Nova Scotia, gratis. 



