BUSH-FRUITS 



PAET I 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 



CHAPTER I 



INTRODUCTORY DISCUSSION 



WHO does not love the garden! It has delights for 

 all, whether merchant or farmer, matron or maiden. 

 No garden is complete without bush-fruits. Most 

 readers who may consult this book are doubtless al- 

 ready interested in their cultivation, and do not need 

 to be told of their merits. Yet there are farmers, 

 even, who say that it is cheaper to buy fruit for the 

 family than to grow it. Let no one commit this error. 

 It means that far less will be used than ought to be 

 used. Fruit is too easily and cheaply grown on the farm 

 ever to be neglected. It will add much to the attrac- 

 tiveness of the place, promote the health of its occu- 

 pants and increase their loyalty and love for the home. 

 The berries of the hedge-row and wood-lot are disap- 

 pearing ; time is better spent elsewhere than in hunt- 

 ing for the few that remain. Such fruit costs too 

 much ; it is purchased with something more valuable 

 than current coin. 



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