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be borne in mind that many of the very best fruits are 

 very nnprofitable for general market culture. Under cer- 

 tain circumstances tliis may not be the case, as for exam- 

 ple, in the neighborhood of such a city as London^ or 

 Paris^ or even New York or Boston. A class of people 

 are to be found in such places, who will pay almost any 

 price for extra Jme fruits. Where apples can be sold for 

 $2 per bushel, pears at $1 per dozen, grapes at $1 per 

 pomid, and other fine fruits in proportion, growers are 

 warranted in cultivating very choice sorts, even if they 

 be difficult to manage and comparatively unproductive. 

 As a general thing, however, taking the markets as they 

 are, the great bulk of consumers j)referring fruit of toler- 

 able good quality and moderate prices, to the very best 

 at twice or three times the ordinary price, the most 

 profitable varieties will be those that can be produced at 

 the least expense, provided always that they be good ^ for 

 fruits of a decidedly inferior quality, whatever may be 

 their other merits, are wholly unworthy of cultivation for 

 the market. Another thing is the selection of varieties 

 that succeed best in the locality wdiere they are to be cul- 

 tivated. A variety that succeeds remarkably well in any 

 particular locality should, other things being nearly equal, 

 be cultivated largely. The Newtoivn pippin apple, for 

 instance, is a profitable orchard fruit on Long Island and 

 on the Hudson, but in Western liew York, no system of 

 management would make it yield one-fourth as much net 

 profit as the Northern Spy, Rhode Island Greening, or 

 Eoxbury liusset. Large plantations, for profit, should 

 always be made up of well proved varieties, that have 

 been tested in the locality, or one similar in regard to 

 soil and situation. A list of select varieties will be given 

 in a succeeding and separate part of the work. 



6th. Selection of Trees. — For the farmer's orchard, 

 where the ground among the trees is to be cultivated 



