20 The Principles of Fruit-growing 



a useful body of inspection and quarantine laws has arisen 

 that puts the power of the people behind the effort to stop 

 invasion. It is to be expected that these laws will tend 

 toward greater uniformity and therefore toward greater 

 effectiveness, between the different political units of the 

 country. It is particularly important that ports of entry 

 and points of distribution be watched. The grower also 

 must recognize that he has no right carelessly or wantonly 

 to harbor an insect or a disease that may inflict great 

 damage on his neighbors, and that if he violates this 

 principle he is morally liable (as he ought to be legally 

 liable) to correction. 



THE OUTLOOK FOR FRUIT-GROWING 



Two sets of factors chiefly control or determine the 

 outlook of the fruit-grower: the ability of the grower, and 

 the prospective conditions of the market. Few persons 

 appreciate how personal a thing success is: yet everyone 

 knows that any two persons placed in the same physical 

 and environmental conditions, and given an equal chance, 

 will arrive at very different results in business. The real 

 directive forces are matters of character and personality, 

 of which the most important requisites seem to be love 

 of the occupation, indomitable energy, cool judgment, 

 honesty, and ability to handle the details of the business. 



It is not probable that agricultural products are to be 

 raised in too large quantities. Both population and rate 

 of consumption are increasing. It is a common practice 

 to estimate the amount of fruit which will be produced at 

 any given time in the future by multiplying the number 

 of acres of plantation by the yield of a normal acre 

 of that kind of fruit. The fallacy in these calculations 



