48 Annals of Horticulture. 



chapter is condensed:* 



Many attempts to improve the methods of fruit culture 

 have been made in Europe and America during the past two 

 or three decades. The United States has been particularly 

 active in the work, and many valuable results have been ob- 



opportunities. 



This neglect to adopt modern views is very noticeable in 

 Germany. The growers do not appear to be alive to the 

 various ways in which fruit can be put upon the market 



fruit, and often it is sold with very little profit, or even with 



of evaporating fruits. It was said by the manufacturers 

 both of America and of Germany that the fruit may be most 

 advantageously disposed of when evaporated, and all grow- 

 ers were strongly advised by the manufacturers to prepare 

 their fruit for market in this manner. It was said that only 

 by this means could foreign competition be met. Although 

 evaporating fruit is an excellent method of preparing it, still 

 the returns have been overestimated, and other profitable 

 methods for preparing fruit for market have unfortunately 

 been neglected. 



In all districts where fruit is not entensively grown the ob- 

 jection to the industry is th; 



them are destroyed outright. The 

 )f the trees to other crops grown 



