98 Practical Orcharding On Rough Lands. 



be considered in the purchasing of trees except 

 to try to get the cheapest that could be found. 

 The successful fruit grower of the future will 

 plant nothing but the very best regardless of 

 the price. We have passed the time when we 

 can aflford to allow fruit to grow itself, and are 

 living in the day when we must GROW the fruit 

 if we expect to have it. In order to do this we 

 must have a good tree. 



Where to Purchase.— Where to secure the 

 proper kind of nursery stock is indeed a serious 

 question. Generally speaking it will be best to 

 get it from the nursery nearest home, thus 

 obviating the long haul and at the same time 

 lessening the danger of damage or possible loss 

 of trees by being out of the ground so long. 

 The home nurseryman will be more interested 

 in the success of the planting than the man who 

 never saw or expected to see the grower or the 

 orchard. Another advantage in getting the 

 trees near home is that the nursery may be vis- 

 ited and the trees selected. This means a slight 

 expense, but we should be willing to go to some 

 extra trouble and even expense in order to get 

 the very best stock. The average farmer would 

 not think of purchasing a lot of work horses or 

 mules without seeing them. He expects them 

 to serve him for three or four years, so is will- 

 ing to go to considerable expense to select them. 



