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be borne in mind that many of the very best fruits are 

 very unprofitable for general market culture. Under cer- 

 tain circumstances this may not be the case, as for exam- 

 ple, in the neighborhood of such a city as London^ or 

 JParis^ or even JYew York or Boston. A class of people 

 are to be found in such places, who will pay almost any 

 price for extra fine fruits. Where apples can be sold for 

 $2 23er bushel, pears at $1 per dozen, graj)es at $1 per 

 pound, and other fine fruits in proportion, growers are 

 warranted in cultivating very choice sorts, even if they 

 be diflicult to manage and comj)aratively unproductive. 

 As a general thing, however, taking the markets as they 

 are, the great bulk of consumers preferring fruit of toler- 

 able good quality and moderate prices, to the very best 

 at twice or three times the ordinary price, the most 

 profitable varieties will be those that can be produced at 

 the least ex23ense, provided always that they be good j for 

 fruits of a decidedly inferior quality, wiiatever may be 

 their other merits, are wholly unworthy of cultivation for 

 the market. Another thing is the selection of varieties 

 that succeed best in the locality where they are to be cul- 

 tivated. A variety that succeeds remarkably well in any 

 particular locality should, other things being nearly equal, 

 be cultivated largely. The Newtoion jpippin apple, for 

 instance, is a j)rofitable orchard fruit on Long Island and 

 on the Hudson, but in Western ISTew York, no system of 

 management would make it yield one-fourth as much net 

 profit as the Northern 8])y^ Rhode Island Greening.^ or 

 Ixoxbury Russet. Large plantations, for profit, should 

 always be made up of well proved varieties, that have 

 been tested in the locality, or one similar in regard to 

 soil and situation. A list of select varieties will be given 

 in a succeeding and separate part of the work. 



6th. Selection of Trees. — For the fanner's orchard, 

 where the o-round amon^^ the trees is to be cultivated 



