yi PREFACE 



rather than of specialists, and especially experiences 

 of women, because on so many farms the women 

 are the gardeners and small fruit growers, but are 

 usually so modest that it is hard to induce them to 

 write. These experiences have been gathered from 

 very many states so as to show the wide territory 

 over which fruit and vegetable growing is being 

 made profitable. Since the money standard is the 

 one by which the majority of people judge of profit, 

 figures have been presented wherever reliable ones 

 could be procured. Some of these have been sup- 

 plied by market gardeners and fruit growers, but 

 preference, where there was a choice has been 

 given to " home figures." 



