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duce a crop of fruit. So climatic influences may destroy our crop 

 of cherries. Still, if all the above fail we can have a crop of straw- 

 berries. If our cherries are cut off by cold or insects, we can still 

 have a good supply of currants and blackberries. And although 

 the season of the small fruits was formerly limited to a few weeks 

 or months of the warm season, by the process of canning we are 

 enabled in a measure to extend their time even through the winter. 

 If what we have stated is correct, and we think we have not 

 overdrawn the account, the small fruits are hereafter to hold a 

 more prominent place in our gardens and to receive much more 

 attention in their cultivation. Like the larger fruits, they need 

 but well-directed care and proper attention to render them as 

 much superior to our common garden products as the pear and 

 apple are superior for the increased care and skill devoted to their 

 growth. 



To Make it Pay 



as a business, requires experience, and those who know little or 

 nothing about growing small fruits should invest sparingly till ex- 

 perience has taught them how to proceed and make it pay. Suc- 

 cess depends much on rich soil and thorough cultivation. There 

 are many things to be considered at the outset, things that the 

 man who has an eye for business will take into account before- 

 hand. Some of these are nearness to a good market, facilities for 

 obtaining a supply of dressing for his land, and not least, the 

 amount of help at command within his own household. 



There are, then, two classes of individuals that will be likely to 

 succeed in growing small fruits for market. The man with capi- 

 tal, who is able in a measure to overcome untoward circumstances, 

 and the man who by personal supervision and good management 

 makes brains subserve the place of capital. The farmer, by doing 

 a large business, if he realizes but a small percentage of profit, in 

 the aggregate it amounts to a considerable sum ; whereas, his 

 neighbor, without capital to rely upon, is unable to compete with 

 such prices as give the extensive producer a margin of profit. 

 But the man who relies upon a home market, and who confines his 

 operations within the limits of his own household for the requisite 

 labor to carry on his operations, and works in the field himself, 

 will make the raising of small fruits profitable, inasmuch as he re- 

 ceives an immediate return for his labor; and many small outgoes 

 that in the aggregate amount to quite a sum can be saved, which 



