FRUIT CULTURE. 



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It will thus be seen that in the apple and peach crop there 

 was a decrease in income, though we shall find that the 

 number of trees have increased, and in favorable seasons the 

 crop may be much larger even than that of 1875. The 

 largest increase is found, however, in the small fruits. 



The prices obtained I have only been able to show from 

 the census of a few of our large fruit growing towns and 

 cities. Thus, in the city of Worcester the prices obtained by 

 the grower are as shown in the following table : — 



