SUCCESS IN FRUIT-GROWING 
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Fruit-growing is neither difficult nor expensive, especially when compared with the 
reward it brings. Fresh fruit from your own trees or vines is a luxury you might just 
as well enjoy if you have even a small bit of land. vSome kinds and varieties are planted 
in the lawn or along the fence for ornamental effect as well as for fruit. 
Fruit-growing for profit brings greater rewards than any other crop. Of course, the 
man who puts his heart into it, who studies the right principles and methods and puts them 
into effect, will have the greatest 
success. This the commercial 
grower must do. 
Our book "Inside Facts 
of Profitable Fruit - Growing," 
which is sent free to every 
customer, explains in detail 
the principles of planting and 
care of different fruit tree s and 
plants, but these are briefly 
outlined as follows: 
A Good Site. — A good site is reasonably fn 
ish the trees and prevent injury by summer drouth 
some kind of fruit. 
The Ground. — To insure the best growth, the groimd should be put in good condition before the trees are set. 
If planting a regular orchard, plow deep,. You will never again be able to work the ground deeply immediately imder 
the trees. For fall planting, plow in the late summer; for spring planting, it is better to plow in the fall, unless your 
orchard is to be on a steej) hillside that will wash badly. After plowing, the ground should be thoroughly worked 
with a disk harrow, gone over several times with a spike-tooth harrow, and smoothed with a plank drag. 
Choice of Varieties. — ^Choose varieties that are adapteil to your particular requirements as well as to your soil and 
climate. Varieties that will be highly satisfactory for home use and a market close at hand may not necessarily be 
suited for distant markets, because they are not good sliippers. Select varieties 
that will ripen at the season when prices are the highest. For home 
selections should include eaily, medium, and late varieties, 
I I I long a ripening season as possible. Note. — It is wise to 
plant more than one variety of the same kind — for 
instance, in apples, Gravenstein, Northern Spy, Spitzenburg, 
and Winesap are naore or less self-sterile, and sliould have 
other varieties which bloom at the same time in close 
proximity. 
Buy First-Class Trees. — Well-known authorities say: 
"This is one point at which parsimonious economy is like 
dropping money down a well." A saving of $2.00 to S3.00 
in the price of nurserj- stock may be lost one hundred times 
over before the first crop is gathered." "It makes little or 
no difference where the tree was grown, so far as the climatic 
conditions are concerned, but what does make a difference is 
having good, thrifty stock." "There is no economy in 
buying stock cheap in both price and quality." 
How to Know Good Trees. — "Trees should have a good 
healthy look, clean bark, and size enough to indicate a good, 
free growth. Size of top is not so desirable as well-matured 
wood a,nd plenty of roots." "First-class condition is a hun- 
dred times more important than any outside information 
regarding the place where the trees were grown." A poorly- 
rooted tree may eventually make a satisfactoiy orchard tree, 
but it will be several years longer coining into bearing. 
When to Plant. — In most jmrts of the country trees are 
lilanted in the spring. Fall planting is advantageous where 
newly-set trees are not apt to be injured by the drying ef- 
fects of the cold winter. See the map shown on jiage 4. 
Spring planting is best in any of the districts indicated by 
the following numbers: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Vi, U, 18. 
Either fall or spring planting is satisfactory in districts num- 
bered 3, 4, 15; fall, winter, or spring planting is satisfaotorj' 
in districts numbered 5, 6, 7, 16, 17. Fall planting must be 
done when the ground is in good condition — not too wet nor 
too dry — and at least a week before the ground freezes, and 
An ideal two-year-old extra-large tree tbe trees must have dropped their leaves before being dug 
•I trained In our Nursery. in the^nursery. 
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