CONTENTS. 



PA or 

 CIIAP. L GENERAL PROSPECTS OF CULTURE FOR PROFIT . 1 



II. SELECTION OF SOIL AND SITUATION 10 



J? III. PREPARATION OF GROUND 23 



(> IV. WHAT TO PLANT 23 



V. PLANTING. ....... 40 



VI. PRUNING . ...... 55 



n VII. COST AND RETURNS PER ACRE . . .62 



VIIL RENOVATING OLD ORCHARDS ..... 65 



IX. GATHERING, PACKING, AND DISTRIBUTING . . 73 



X. STORING, PRESERVING, ETC. . . 82 



., XL GRAFTING, BUDDING, AND STOCKS . . . . 9i 



