Chapter XVI 



PLANTING : CULTIVATION : FILLER CROPS 



AS the pedigree and the quality of the stock 

 you plant will have a great deal to do with 

 the success or failure of your adventure in 

 orcharding, even on a very small scale, it is im- 

 portant to get the best trees you can, anywhere, at 

 any price. But do not jump to the conclusion that 

 the most costly trees will be the best. From relia- 

 ble nurserymen, selling direct by mail, you can get 

 good trees at very reasonable prices. 



As a general thing you will succeed best if you 

 have nothing to do with the perennial "tree agent." 

 He may represent a good firm; you may get your 

 trees on time ; he may have a novelty as good as the 

 standard sorts ; but you are taking three very great 

 chances in assuming so. But, leaving these ques- 

 tions aside, there is no particular reason why you 

 should help pay his traveling expenses and the 

 printing bills for his lithographs ("made from 

 actual photographs" or "painted from nature," of 

 course!) when you can get the best trees to be had, 



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