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one way or another with almost as many and 

 varied results as there are individuals. It is 

 only when business methods have been applied 

 that a high degree of success has been obtained. 

 Orcharding as a business must be studied in all 

 its phases, and when it is we should have no 

 fears of failure. It is then that the most pleas- 

 ure and profit can be realized. 



We should study our location, soil and site as 

 well as our means of transportation, then choose 

 our varieties accordingly. We should give care- 

 ful attention to the choice of the nursery stock, 

 to the planting, care and cultivation of the 

 trees as well as to the building of our trees, 

 for we should think of pruning as the building 

 of the orchard, and upon this depends our suc- 

 cess. Our trees should have constant protection 

 from insects and fungous troubles by thorough 

 applications of the latest and best tried rem- 

 edies given by our Experiment Stations and 

 practical orchardists. 



If we are to make orcharding a successful 

 business we must not stop here, but we shall 

 have to study the problems of picking, packing 

 and marketing. Realizing that if we should 

 fail in any of these, all that has gone before 

 would be lost 



Orcharding as a business then means a care- 



