CHAPTER V. 



THE PLANTING OF FRUIT GROUNDS. 



THE subjects which one naturally considers when 

 starting out to begin the planting of a fruit area 

 fall into four categories, the choice of the varie- 

 ties, the selection of the trees or plants, the actual 

 setting of the stock, and the laying out of the 

 fruit plantation. These matters may now be con- 

 sidered. 



THE CHOICE OF VARIETIES. 



The most personal matter connected with the 

 making of a fruit farm is the subject of choice of 

 varieties. This is the one subject upon which most 

 questions are asked, and it is also the one upon 

 which the least specific and dogmatic advice can be 

 given. The choice of varieties depends primarily 

 upon the personal preferences of the grower, upon 

 the purpose for which the fruit is to be grown, 

 and upon the locality. Without knowing these 

 three elements, it is impossible for any person to 

 give satisfactory advice as to varieties. The grower 

 who has no personal preferences for varieties is 

 one who has not yet mastered the first essential to 



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