10 PROFITABLE FRUIT-GROWING 



active worker, and strove hard to save a little 

 money by rearing pigs, keeping a cow, and making 

 the most of his garden. This was rather more 

 than an eighth of an acre in extent. It contained 

 eight or nine Apple trees, some of which he grafted 

 with improved varieties, and grew under and be- 

 tween them as many Gooseberries, Currants, and 

 Raspberries as he could, also marginal rows of 

 Strawberries. Two-thirds of the ground was thus 

 occupied, and the remainder devoted to early 

 potatoes and other vegetables; a field allotment 

 plot of a rood affording him a supply of late pota- 

 toes and other roots for winter use. He died at 

 the age of fifty, but left his widow in a position to 

 open a small shop, and by carrying on the work he 

 initiated in the garden, and other ways mentioned, 

 she not only brought up her family, but orphan 

 grandchildren also, without calling on the parish 

 for a penny. This is an example of what can be 

 accomplished by persevering effort with the pro- 

 vision wisely made in the form of fruit-trees and 

 bushes. 



A Tradesman's Example. Fruit-trees en- 

 hance the value of property, and homesteads on 

 which they are established let better in consequence. 

 An instance can be given. A tradesman purchased 

 some village property and erected small cottages. 



