FRUIT GARDENS. 19 



and their true character may be fairly expressed in 

 the familiar sentence as applied to abused humanity 

 "A short life, but a weak merry one." Let these 

 precocious prodigies on French stocks be avoided 



Fig. 3. FRUIT GARDEN. (Page 20.) 



(Scale, 1 inch = 24 feet.) 

 Q Standard Apples. o Dwarf Apples. X Plums. 



by all who desire to see their trees increase in 

 profit with increasing years. 



An illustration of a good bush Apple tree on the 



English broad-leaved paradise stock, is given, Fig. 



C 2 



