CONTENTS 



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I. — Time and the Tree . . . . i 



II. — Selecting the Fruit-Farm ... 33 



III. — The Planting of the Fruit-Farm . .71 



IV. — Getting along with Help . . .113 



V. — The Cultivation of the Fruit-Farm . 131 



VI. — Feeding the Land 175 



VII. — The Fruit-Farm and the Young Folks . 211 



VIII. — Ten Thousand a Year .... 240 



IX. — Birds and the Fruit-Farm . . . 272 



X. — The Fruit-Farm and Old Age . .317 



Index 345 



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