SUCCESS IN GENERAL FRUIT CULTURE 95 



importance. Some tell us this is a non-essential, but the 

 men who make the most money in fruit growing cultivate 

 the most. 



In order to combat injurious insects and diseases a man 

 must be a student of chemistry, botany and entomology. 

 The experiment stations tell us what to do; we must be 

 able to apply these suggestions intelligently. 



Many growers fail in marketing — an all-important part of 

 the work. A man must be a good salesman, as well as a 

 good grower. Many growers abuse the commission man. 

 This is all wrong. We do not give him credit for what 

 he has to do. The commission man is often fully as 

 honest as the grower. You must use good judgment in 

 your marketing. 



Above all, feed and care for your orchards in the right 

 way and they will care for you. Be teachable, do well 

 what you have to do, and remember that Connecticut's 

 opportunities in fruit culture are great. 



In summing up the important essentials to success, Mr. 

 Morrill named: First, the man; second, location and soil; 

 third, proper varieties, depending upon the climate ; fourth, 

 intensive cultivation and thorough spraying ; fifth, wise 

 marketing. 



In the discussion which followed his address Mr. 

 Morrill said that most men want to grow more than one 

 crop in an orchard. He would not advise planting peaches 

 and apples in an orchard. He wants his trees to receive 

 no check from the starting of growth in the early spring 

 to the ripening of the wood in the fall ; therefore, more 

 than one kind of fruit on the same land is not desirable. 

 Spraying he thought more a preventive measure than a 

 curative of disease. 



