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FRUIT-FARMING FOR PROFIT. 
The "Worshipful Company of Fruiterers is principally known by its 
interesting annual presentation of magnificent fruit of all kinds to 
the Lord Mayor of London, and the accounts of this ceremony duly 
recorded by the Press. Recently, however, the Company lias added 
to this graceful function, which has made it famous, the more 
practical and useful endeavour to extend and improve the cultivation 
of fruit in this country. 
In the first place the Company is forming a fund for offering 
prizes for the best cultivated fruit farms under various conditions, 
and not long ago made an appeal to the Council of the Royal 
Agricultural Society for a contribution for this purpose. Although 
this application was not granted, as con ra y to the practice of the 
Society, it was felt that the Council would be fully disposed to assist 
the Company with advice and with cordial co-operation. 
Secondly, the Fruiterers' Company has helped on fruit cultiva- 
tion by the publication of essays upon the subject. In 1883 an 
essay entitled " Profitable Fruit-farming " was widely circulated by 
the Company, describing the best methods of selecting, planting, 
and managing fruit trees and fruit bushes upon a large scale, and 
advocating the judicious extension of fruit cultivation by farmers. 
Just recently another essay 1 has been published by the Company, 
who offered a prize of 25 guineas and a gold medal for the best essay 
on fruit-growing calculated to be useful to cottagers and small holders. 
There were fourteen competitors for this prize, which was Avon by 
Mr. Wright, well known as the assistant-editor of the Journal of 
Horticulture, and as the author of several publications upon horti- 
cultural subjects. 
It will be considered that the issue of a practical work upon this 
subject is peculiarly well timed, as allotments are becoming general, 
and the facilities for obtaining them are so great that hardly any 
1 Profitalle Frvit -growing for Cottagers and Small Holder* of Land. By 
John Wright, F.K H.I. Written for the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers. 
