2 Lessons in Fruit Growing. 



person who grows the fruit needs a knowledge of plant life 

 and plant development, especially in relation to the par- 

 ticular plants he desires to grow; and 2d, the person who 

 attends to the business matters connected with the grow- 

 ing and disposition of the fruit needs a knowledge of busi- 

 ness methods in general, and especially as related to the 

 handling and mai'keting of fruit. A knowledge of vege- 

 table physiology, of chemistry and physics as applied to 

 agriculture, and of controlling the parasitic enemies of fruit 

 plants forms the basis for the first kind of education; a 

 knowledge of commercial methods, including bookkeeping, 

 and of packing and shipping fruit forms the basis for the 

 second. 



Some knowledge of the manufacture of fruits into sec- 

 ondary products is also important. 



Success in commercial fruit growing will depend much 

 upon the extent to which these two kinds of education are 

 combined. The same individual need not possess educa- 

 tion in both lines; indeed both are often in demand at the 

 same time and in different places. If an extensive fruit 

 business is undertaken, it will be better to have one person 

 make a specialty of each, of these departments. 



The foundation for the first kind of knowledge is best 

 attained in an agricultural college; that for the second in 

 a business college. Both should be supplemented by 

 practical work for a time in a successful commercial fruit 

 business. 



4. The outlook for commercial fruit §:rowin§:. Both the 

 production and the consumption of fruit are increasing in 

 most civilized countries. The methods of production, stor- 

 age, distribution, manufacture and preserving of fruits tend 

 to improve and to become cheaper. The number of persons 



