18 Lessons in Fruit Growing. 



SUMMARY OF THE PRECEDIXG CHAPTER 



1. Fruit-growing in the United States and Canada is 

 tending to become a business by itself, rather than to re- 

 main an adjunct to the farm (2). 



2. Fruit growing requires education along two distinct 

 lines, viz, : the raising and the selling of the fruit (3). 



3. The outlook for commercial fruit growing is as good 

 as for any other branch of productive industry (4). 



4. The choice of a location for commercial fruit growing 

 should be governed chiefly by the favorableness of the soil 

 and climate, and the opportunities for marketing the 

 fruit (6). 



5. Success in commercial fruit growing will depend 

 much upon the selection of the proper varieties of the 

 fruits grown (7). 



6. It is commonly best to purchase stock for planting 

 from a grower rather than from a middleman, and as near 

 the place where it is to be planted as possible. It is gen- 

 erally wise to order early (9). 



7. A wind-break, properly grown, is beneficial to a fruit 

 plantation not already protected from prevailing winds (10). 



8. The fruit grower should provide apparatus for com- 

 bating harmful parasites and diseases, and should be watch- 

 ful for their appearance (12). 



9. With a fruit in its proper locality, fruitfulness prob- 

 ably depends more upon variety than upon outside condi- 

 tions (13). 



10. Owing to the self-sterility of many varieties, more 

 than two rows of the same variety should not, as a rule, be 

 planted together. Varieties that bloom at the same time 

 should be planted adjacent (14). 



11. Fruit packages should be provided early to avoid de- 

 lays in harvesting (15). 



