METHODS OF PROCEDURE. 5 



In recognised fruit-growing districts small plots 

 may be devoted wholly to fruit culture, as regular 

 channels exist for the disposal of the produce: 

 but outside those districts the safest method will 

 be for cottagers, allotment holders, and small 

 farmers to grow fruit as an adjunct to, instead of 

 a substitute for, other crops ; they ought to afford 

 their families an abundant supply, also endeavour 

 to meet the demands of adjacent towns. As 

 showing the practical working of the system 

 advocated, and the advantages of fruit culture, 

 a few examples may be adduced, as no teaching 

 is so cogent as that founded on accomplished 

 facts. 



A Farmer's Example. Thirty years ago a 

 friend of the writer entered on a small farm and 

 found a dozen Apple trees. The fruit being profit- 

 able, he planted about an acre of the adjoining land, 

 near his homestead, with the best Apples and Plums, 

 also a few Pears and the usual small fruits. His 

 wife looked after the minor products of the farm, 

 and all not required at home were regularly taken 

 to market. Thrift, industry, and good management, 

 enabled more and more land to be taken, until the 

 u small holding" has become one of upwards of a 

 thousand acres. With every increase of land the 

 occupant planted some fresh trees, and the dairy, 



