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ling originating on Long Island more than 150 years ago. But 

 , a long hi&iory of Apple-trees is not needed here. 



THE PROFITS OF RAISING APPLES. 



Apples are profitable for food, prepared in a great variety of 

 tvays. They are profitable as an article for the market. The 

 farmer cail raise no other crop, (every thing considered) with so 

 large a margin of j)rofits. Let us see if this be true, or not. — 

 An orchard containing fifty trees, properly set out, will cover an 

 acre of ground. In ordinary seasons, each tree ought to yield 

 three barrels of fruit. The whole orchard will produce then, one 

 hundred and fifty barrels of apples, annually. These are worth, 

 on the spot in common seasons, one hundred and fifty dollars. — 

 An acre of gra,ss-land will produce about three tons of hay, com- 

 monly worth, not more than thirty dollars at the time of carting. 

 The apples can be gathered with as little expense as making the 

 hay. This will leave a large balance in favor of the orchard. 

 Aside from this, the orchard will produce in addition to the ap- 

 ples, a fair crop of either grass, potatoes or oats, without detri- 

 ment to the tree. I might take the corn, or wheat crop, or any 

 other ; not excepting tobacco, and make the same comparison and 

 yet the balance, (other things being equal) would still be in favor 

 of apples. An orchard of forty Baldwin Apple-t^e'es has yielded 

 three hundred barrels of fruit in a single season. A farmer in 

 Leverett, two years ago, gathered one hundred and one barrels of 

 Seedling apples, from a single tree. Another sold two hundred 

 and fifty dollars worth in a single season, gathered from an old- 

 orchard, covering one, and one half acres of ground. But these 

 facts are sufficient to establish the great profits of raising the fruit 

 under consideration. 



