20 FRUIT CULTURE. 



sold at a good profit. With a soil and climate 

 adapted to the production of the apple in its 

 highest excellence, it is surely our own fault if 

 we do not make it remunerative. The price is 

 low and so is the cost. It should be our ambition 

 to attain the minimum cost and maintain the 

 highest quality. Most of us, however, are not 

 in quest of so long an investment. 



One year of success will cover the cost of two 

 or three years of failure in the peach crop. North 

 of New Jersey the risks are great. Where the 

 soil and situation are right, many will venture 

 and some will draw a prize. Cherries are diffi- 

 cult to pick, and are profitable only where pick- 

 ers are plenty at a low rate. In respect to the 

 grape, different localities must determine which 

 varieties to plant for profit. Near some of the 

 lakes of New York and on the shores of Lake 

 Erie the Catawba and Isabella ripen well and 

 are produced in large quantities, but they are 

 useless in other sections, and varieties of inferior 

 quality must take their place. The Concord is 

 earlier and has been the leading market grape 

 for a score of years past. Moore's Early and 

 Worden are coming to the front, being of the 

 same type, but earlier. Great confidence is ex- 

 pressed in the Niagara by those who have ob- 

 served its hardiness and productive qualities. 



