12 FRUIT CULTURE. 



processes of planting, nursing, and bringing to 

 successful maturity of the manifold fruits with 

 which this latitude is favored. There are diffi- 

 culties and dangers enough in the way to stimu- 

 late, but not to discourage, to keep alive an 

 anxious interest which will add much to the zest 

 of an abundant harvest. And beyond this, the 

 aim should be to make the quality of the home 

 products superior to that which can be obtained 

 at the markets. Fruits freshly taken from the 

 trees or vines, with no injury from keeping or 

 from transportation, are much more appetizing 

 and health-giving than those which are usually 

 exposed for sale. It should, therefore, be the 

 ambition of every owner of land to cultivate 

 fruits to some extent, without regard to the ques- 

 tion of pecuniary profit. And if an interest 

 becomes awakened sufficiently to induce a study 

 of the best methods, it will speedily become a 

 matter of surprise what an amount and what 

 variety of products can be obtained upon a lim- 

 ited space, when under highest culture. It is 

 true economy to give this thorough and high 

 cultivation, as an assurance of a good degree of 

 success and an unfailing source of enjoyment. 

 Poor culture is sure to disappoint, while the art 

 of developing to perfection is, to a degree, enter- 

 ing into the beneficent work of the Creator. 



