70 Fruit Farming for Profit in California, 



who were fortunate enoiio-li to own fuU-bearino- orchards 

 during the season referred to secured prices so ample 

 as to result in snug fortunes for one season's product. 

 One cent per pound on the tree is a fair and remunera- 

 tive price to the grower. At this figure they should 

 reach the consumer at a price that would extend the 

 consumption to a wonderful extent. Apricot culture 

 can be consistently recommended to the new-comer who 

 desires to plant for profit. 



The question of sufficient help to properly and indue 

 season gather and prepare the crop for market is per- 

 plexing, and quite difficult of solution. The tendency 

 now is, and very properly so. to plant small orchards, 

 and is a factor in solving the problem of help. Gene- 

 rally speaking, a family can care for sufficient orchard 

 in all its stages to make a good living and save some- 

 thing for future emergencies. The time is near when 

 school vacations will be so arranged as to admit of the 

 employment of the children of the State during the 

 fruitino' season of this and other desirable fruits. 

 Children six years old and upwards can be profitably 

 employed in the gathering, pitting, and the various 

 branches of the harvesting of the crops. This State is 

 essentially a fruit-producing country, and we must 

 adapt ourselves to the situation in a practical manner 

 without delay. During the AYorkVs Fair California's 

 exhibit will bring our fruits and their superior excel- 

 lence prominently before vast numbers of people, and 

 the result no doubt will be the increase, in a short 

 time, of our orchards to an unprecedented extent. AYe 

 will come to be known as the fruit garden of the world, 

 and California will eventually be one grand fruit orchard. 



