NATURE-STUDY PROPERTY 153 



and methods of culture for each. Many points of interest 

 in all these connections will come up during the fruit shows, 

 and while the specimens are being compared it is just the 

 time to ask : How did you do it ? Did you thin the fruit ? 

 How did you prune the tree ? How did you keep the 

 insects off ? What do you feed your trees ? and so on. 

 Of course most of these topics are matters for lifelong 

 study, and though it may not be possible to do as much 

 with them as you wish, are they not better on this 

 account .'' 



