4 FRUIT FARMING 



and bushes to start with ; (3) active supervision and 

 intelligent culture ; (4) business arrangements as to 

 the sale of produce ; these four items are essential 

 before planters can command success, and the aim 

 of this volume is to give such plain and practical 

 directions as a life experience alone can dictate, to 

 enable amateurs or beginners to start fairly in this 

 industry ; while it is hoped that even experienced 

 growers may find some hints to their advantage in 

 these pages. 



The author recommends the Kentish system as the 

 best for results. He has studied fruit culture in many 

 counties, but he can say, without contradiction, that 

 where the Kent system has been faithfully carried 

 out, failure is very rare, while numerous letters of 

 thanks prove that the simple directions herein given 

 are ample for success, if mixed with a due proportion 

 of common sense. 



Market gardening in vegetables has been advocated 

 as a paying industry, and occasionally good profits 

 are made ; but it is far better to combine this with 

 fruit culture, as the high cultivation necessary for good 

 vegetables is a grand basis for fruit culture, more 

 especially for Raspberries, Strawberries and bush 

 fruits. Vegetable growing however is precarious, and 

 unless markets are readily available, or the farm is near 

 a city or town, for the double purpose of obtainini^ 

 cheap manure and the sale of produce, it will be well 

 to proceed in that direction with caution. It is only 

 the very best vegetables that .sell for i^ood prices. 



The extraordinary develoiiinent of jam making has 

 ])laced good wholesome presiTves within the reach of 

 the poonst, thus largely replacing th(> use of margarine 



