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to be supplied, as well as the manner of planting and culti- 

 vation. Taking it for granted that after buying and improv- 

 ing ten or twenty acres we have in cash $500 or $1,000 to 

 invest in fruit trees and small fruits, we will see what a grow- 

 ing valuation will lead to in ten years. As a guide to our 

 estimates of cost and profits we will take ten acres of small 

 fruit and ten acres of standard fruit, leaving the prospective 

 planter to combine or divide the quantities as will best suit 

 the area of land to be planted. Beginning with ten acres of 

 small fruit our account the first year will stand thus: 



10 



VARIETIES 



OF 

 FRUIT. 



Strawberries 



Currants 



Raspberries 



Blackberries 



Grapes 



DISTANCE 



OF 

 PLANTING. 



3X feet, 1V6 feet in row 

 4 feet apart each way ... 



7 feet, 4 feet in row 



7 feet, 4 feet in row 



6 feet, 8 feet in row 



12,4-15 



2,722 



1,550 



1,550 



900 



24,890 

 4,083 

 2,325 

 3,100 

 2,790 



$100 

 150 

 50 

 50 

 150 



$500 



SECOND YEAR. 



1 acres strawberries, half crop, 2,500 quarts, 20 cents $ 500 



THIRD YEAR. 



2 acres strawberries full crop, 5,000 quarts, at 20 cents 1000 



1*4 acres currants, 1,3-50 quarts at 20 cents *... 270 



l\4 acres raspberries, 1,500 quarts at 25 cents ...- 375 



2 acres blackberries, 2,000 quarts at 20 cents 400 



3 acres grapes, 10,000 pounds at 4 cents 400 



FOURTH YEAR. ' v \ $2445 



2 acres strawberries, 5,000 quarts at 20 cents ...*....'.... 1000 



1% acres currants, 4,000 quarts at 20 cents >>,...... 800 



1% acres raspberries, 3,000 quarts at 25 cents ?.....,-.... 750 



2 acres blackberries, 4,000 quarts at 20 cents 800 



3 acres grapes, 25,000 pounds at 4 cents v 1000 



FIP-TH YEAR. $1350 



2 acres strawberries, 5,000 quarts at 20 cents $1000 



1V 2 acres currants, 5,000 quarts at 20 cents 1000 



1\4 acres raspberries, 3,000 quarts at 25 cents 750 



2 acres blackberries, 4,500 quarts at 20 cents 900 



3 acres grapes, 30,000 pounds 4 cents 1200 



$4850 



In an orchard often acres of standard fruit we can also 

 plant between the rows strawberries, currants, gooseberries 

 and grapes without injury to the trees; or cultivate vegeta- 



