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commendable and essential, that person who takes genuine en- 

 joyment and pleasure in fruit growing will be the more likely 

 to succeed. One can often learn more in a day by visiting- 

 markets, other growers, or by attending fruit meetings, by mak- 

 ing a trip to the State Experiment Station, by attending a short 

 lecture course at the State Agricultural College, etc., than he 

 would get by years of studying out the problems by himself. 

 It is a similar example to that of the man whom it took thirty 

 years to make his standard of butter, and then it fell short of 

 the product taught to be made at a dairy school which took but 

 a few weeks. 



Orchard management is a problem of its own, and if intelli- 

 gence, thought, and systematic work be given it, few industries 

 can surpass it for a successful occupation. 



Partial. Summary. 



(1) Fruit trees have life the same as animals, and they require 

 feeding, watering, and care, if we expect to derive profit from 

 them. 



(2) The object of the orchard is to produce fruit. The amount 

 and kind of tillage will vary according to conditions, soil, plant 

 food, etc. Study out the individual needs of each orchard. See 

 page 89. 



(3) The experiments carried on at this Station of using dwarf 

 peas and beans as a cultivated crop in orchards, and then turn- 

 ing under the vines after picking the pods, were successful. The 

 orchard has the benefit of continuous cultivation at the proper 

 season, the plants when plowed under enrich the soil, and the 

 picked product pays the bills. See page 91. 



(4) The Hitchings Method of culture is worthy of our atten- 

 tion. While not sufficiently tested in New England it appears 

 to have merit. 



(5) Fruit trees of different kinds, as apples, plums, grapes, 

 etc., need food according to their respective wants. We do not 

 feed horses and swine on the same diet ; why should we differ- 

 ent kinds of plants ? See page 93. 



(6) Whether to train the tree high or low depends upon sev- 

 eral conditions. See page 95. 



(7) To prune a tree properly means to begin when young and 

 prune annually. This done there is no occasion for cutting off 

 large limbs, which endanger the life of trees. 



