SECTION VI. 



THE ORCHARD BUSINESS. 



As we have remarked elsewhere, there is 

 no better orcharding country in the world, 

 than the hill-sides of New England. A little 

 detail will show what might be done in this 

 business. Forty apple trees of the largest 

 size can stand upon an acre ; and, producing 

 annually but two barrels apiece, the crop is 

 worth not less than a hundred and twenty 

 dollars iwhich is the interest of two thousand 

 dollars per acre. Deducting the cost of the 

 labor of managing it, and making every al- 

 lowance for other drawbacks, and this busi- 

 ness would still appear to be more profitable 

 than any other kind of agriculture. But since 

 what has been may 'be more satisfactory than 

 what might be, we appeal to facts. From the 

 windows where we are writing, we look out 

 upon apple trees, which we know have pro- 

 duced, during the last ten years, an annual 

 net profit, fully equal to the interest of one 



