CHAPTER VTI. 



FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. 



Millions of dollars' worth of fruits and vegetables are 

 grown and shipped to market every season ; and fully 

 as much more is canned, dried, or preserved in some other 

 way for use during the unproductive period of the year. 

 Many people think that the fruits are more important than 

 the vegetables, but this is not true, at least from a money 

 standpoint. In 1909 the value of vegetables produced in 

 the United States was $417,000,000. including $166,000,- 

 000 worth of potatoes; that of all other horticultural 

 products amounted to .$273,000,000. of which $140,000,- 

 000 represented the tree fruits, $30,000,000 small fruits, 

 and $22,000,000 each of grapes and citrus fruits. 



374. A farmer in western New York decided to plant 

 apple trees 40 feet apart on 10 acres of his land. How 

 many trees did he set out ? 



375. He thought that because the trees would hardly 

 begin to bear profitable crops until they were eight or ten 

 years old, he could grow currant bushes between the trees 

 for several years, so he planted them 5 feet apart. How 

 many did he plant? 



376. Before the currant bushes were old enough tc 

 bear, the four nearest ones to the apple trees began to 

 fail and had to be removed. How many were dug up ? 



377. As these bushes cost 10 cents each when bought, 

 and as planting and cultivation cost 10 cents more, how 

 much did he lose by buying too many? 



378. When the currants began to bear they produced 



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