FRUIT PLANTATIONS AND THEIR CARE 3I 



are willing or not to place yourself in the hands of 

 the nurseryman. If satisfied, make up your list of 

 varieties so the nurseryman can tell you whether 

 good or bad, or whether he grows these kinds. 

 Many growers want at least ten times too many 

 varieties and often worthless sorts for their locality, 

 simply because they have noticed the variety well 

 advertised. Confine yourself to few. 



" Ask the nurseryman to explain his methods of 

 growing from the seed or seedlings to maturity, 

 and you will then not ask for cheap trees. A visit 

 will convince you that no good nurseryman is spar- 

 ing either money or effort today in producing the 

 very best trees that can be grown. He must be up 

 to date on practical and scientific problems per- 

 taining to all nursery and orchard work, and to 

 protect himself and you, you will find he is only 

 too glad to impart this knowledge to his customers. 

 A visit to the nursery will convince you. 



" Some nurserymen employ the best scientific 

 men for inspection work and fumigation, and for 

 looking carefully into the matter of spraying with 

 the proper materials and at the proper time. These 

 men are assisted by the state entomologist on both 

 scientific and practical points. A visit to the nur- 

 sery will convince you if such men would pay you. 

 Some nurserymen employ men .well posted on 

 varieties of fruit, but the best of all is the experi- 

 mental farm on the nursery grounds. Eating the 

 fruit will convince you. 



" When you are ready to select a good tree you 

 will leave the whole responsibility to the nursery- 

 man and his men, and the only thing for you to 

 do is to select the grade of tree. Convince your- 

 self that his seed or seedlings are the best. See that 

 the roots are not affected with knots or aphids. 



