30 R. M. KBLLOaa'S GREAT CROPS OP 
THE PLEASURES OF FRUIT 
GROWING. 
While fruit growing like all other kinds of 
business is not entirely free from annoy- 
ances, yet, when conducted on lines pointed 
out in previous pages it becomes a source 
of almost unalloyed pleasure. 
My plants are my pets and to them I 
owe a debt of gratitude. They have not 
only furnished me with a delightful occupa- 
tion but their annual yield of delicious fruits 
have enabled me to provide myself with a 
beautiful home and a competence for old 
age. 
The greatest plea.siire I have found 
comes from having pointed out to many 
young men who were doomed to be life long 
wage earners and occupants of rented 
homes, an avenue through which they have 
become their own masters and are now at 
the head of a lucrative business, and which 
has been the means of redeeming many 
mortgaged homes. 
A case in point is a family living in 
Illinois consisting of father, mother and 
three grown sons. The father was aged and 
an invalid and the home hopelessly mort- 
gaged. The young men had engaged as 
brakemen on the railroad. The breaking 
up of the home rendered the mother almost 
frantic. She accidentally received a copy of 
this pamphlet and by tearful, persistent 
appeal she induced the boys to divide the 
farm and engage in growing fancy fruits. 
There was a year of struggle, a big crop of 
berries, the mortgage foreclosure stayed and 
in two subsequent years it was entirely 
wiped out, and today thej' are out of debt 
and each has a well established and profita- 
ble business, and are recognized horticul- 
turists. 
A long: list of names of those similarly 
successful are on my books. To have been 
the instrument of starting these young men 
on this royal road to independence and com- 
petence is the most precious treasure of ray 
horticultural life. 
Yon ask the question is everybody en- 
gaged in fruit growing equally successful? 
You have only to visit and investigate the 
methods of fruit growers in your own vicin- 
ity to show that the failures are many. 
Certain conditions must be complied 
with to insure success. These have been 
pointed out in previous pages. A slight in- 
vestigation will show that these growers 
have entirely ignored these conditions and 
are keeping on in the old ruts and are 
getting small crops of inferior fruit. They 
are not up to date. The primitive methods 
of twenty years ago will not do now. If one 
expects to compete with other growers, 
modern methods must be adopted. It is 
only the progressive, wide-awake individual 
that may expect to reap the rich rewards. 
The average grower puts on as much fer- 
tilizing, and does as much work as we do in 
producing his fruit, but the difference in re- 
sults is very great. The average grower 
bestows his care upon a weakling, incapable 
of responding to his generous treatment, 
while we deal with a plant strong in breed- 
ing stamina that only needs an opportunity 
to show its powers. 
Some men grow rich, apparently without 
exertion, while others toil with slavish de- 
votion, yet ever remain poor. The latter 
always work to a disadvantage and the 
fruits of their labor are wasted by unfavor- 
able conditions, while the man who becomes 
rich studies the causes that produce great 
results and thus accumulates property 
rapidly. 
There is no reason why one should not 
succeed as well as another by adopting the 
better methods and yet it is true that with 
examples of brilliant prosperity before 
them a great majority of growers remain in 
the old beaten paths. Hence growers who 
adopt the better methods find it easy to 
command the market and reap the profits. 
While fruit is plenty in most markets 
yet the grade is low and people will not con- 
sume it. The market is made by having 
customers eat two berries instead of one. 
Making: a start. The all important 
thing is to cultivate a determination to suc- 
ceed. Don't play second fiddle to anybody. 
Have the best of everything. Get best 
results for your labor. If you have a poor 
piece of land don't use it, but rent the best 
land you can find. Land rents readily 
now and is cheap. Put it in the best 
shape. Work hard but illuminate your 
mind out ©f drudgery by the pleasantry of 
the things which are to come. Make a 
beautiful home and a competence, the 
beacon light you are to follow, and dispel 
instantly every thought of failure. 
Anticipation is sweet, often sweeter than 
reality, hence we may enjoy the future in 
the present. Nothing is so fascinating as 
fancy fruit growing. It is a continuous 
feast to the imagination. The great circle 
of friends who are to reward you as custo- 
mers will long for your coming and envy 
your success. 
NEW SEEDLINGS. 
In the past I have devoted my time to 
breeding up and increasing the value of old 
standard sorts by restriction and systematic 
selection of Ideals until they are exception- 
ally strong in breeding or fruiting powers 
and possess a robust constitution, and now, 
with other facilities as perfect as can be de- 
vised, I propo.se to inaugurate an extensive 
system of breeding seedlings with the hope 
of combining the good qualities of parents 
by systematic crossing thereby eventually 
securing the ideal variety in both fruit and 
foliage. 
Our facilities and experience with vari- 
eties are at the disposal of those who have 
discovered or originated new varieties free 
of charge. 
Careful records are kept throughout the 
season and a definite report made of their 
behavior. Under no circumstances will they 
be propagated from for the sale of plants or 
allowed to leave the grounds without the 
consent of owner. Plants for testing can 
usually be sent by mail. 
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