Success in Fruit-Growing 
RUIT- 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. Some 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. 
Anyone who intends to raise fruit commercially should gather complete up- 
to-date information from other fruit-growers, from State Experiment Stations, 
from the Department of Agriculture and from other reliable sources, including 
our "Inside Facts of Profitable Fruit-GroWing." (See inside back cover.) 
The most important requisites for success in commercial fruit-growing seem 
to be love of the business, indomitable energy, cool judgment, and sterling honesty. But there are 
certain principles which all successful orchardists follow. These are briefly outlined as follows: 
Where to Piaat — 'A good site is reasonably free from late spring frosts and well drained, with soil deep enough to nourish 
trees, which will minimize injury from summer drought and severe winters. The ideal site for an orchard is one somewhat 
>ve the adjoining land, as it has the advantage of both soil and atmospheric drainage. The latter is more important 
as the soil can usually be drained arti- 
ficially. The commercial grower also con- 
siders carefully the character of the roads 
to railroad station or market and the rail- 
road facilities. There are verj' few places 
that will not grow some kind of fruit. 
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CONTENTS 
We are always glad to answer questions, but we have tried to give 
in this book the information required before your order is placed. If 
you will kindly look through this index before writing, it may save you 
the bother and delay in writing. 
Page 
Where We Can Ship 32 
When Apples Ripen 10 
Page 
Where to Plant, 1 
What to Plant 1,8-9 
What Varieties to Select 1,8-9 
When to Plant 2 
How Far Apart to Plant 2 
How Many to Plant per Acre ... 2 
How to Prepare the Ground .... 3 
When to Order 3 
Where to Order 3 
What Kind to Order 3 
What Age to Order 4 
How to Order 32 
How to Handle Trees on Arrival, 
4,33 
How to Know Good Trees 3 
How to Plant 5 
How to Prune at Planting. . . .5, 33 
How We Propagate Trees 7 
When We Can Ship 32 
" Pears " 14 
" Peaches " 16 
When Trees Begin to Bear . . 4 
How to Make Orchard Produce 
Returns Before Trees Bear. ... 6 
Wliat to Grow Between Young 
Trees 6 
Why We Have No Agents, 
2nd cover-32 
Co-operative Buying 6 
"Inside Facts of Profitable 
Fruit-Growing" 33 
" How to Beautify Your Home 
Grounds" 33 
What We Guarantee 32 
How We Grade Trees 4 
Parcel Post Sizes and Prices .... 31 
Prices and Terms 31-32 
DESCRIPTIONS— Fruit Trees and Plants 
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Apple 10-11-12-13 Currants 25 Pear 14-15 
Apricot 21 Dewberry 24 Plum 19 
Asparagus 25 Dwarf Pear 15 Quince 15 
Blackberry 24 Gooseberry 25 Raspberry 25 
Cherry 20-21 Grape 22 Rhubarb 25 
Crabapple 13 Peach 16-17-18 Strawberry 23 
Nut Trees 30 
' DESCRIPTIONS— Ornamentals 
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Climbing Vines 28 Peonies 29 
Hedges 29 Roses 27 
Iris 27 Shrubs 26 
Lilacs 29 Trees, Shade and Ornamental ... 28 
What to Plant— Having de- 
cided what kinds you wish of 
those that succeed in your sec- 
tion, select the varieties which 
do well there and which also 
suit your purpose. Varieties which are 
highly satisfactory for home use or to sell 
on nearby markets may not be the best 
for distant markets because they do not 
stand handling and shipping well enough 
to reach the consumer in good condition. 
The grower for distant markets con- 
fines his varieties to a comparatively small 
number. But for home use or to supply 
local markets the selection should cover 
as long a ripening season as possible, 
which calls for a greater number of dif- 
ferent kinds and varieties. Note: It is 
wise to plant more than one variety of 
a kind. The Gravenstein, Northern Spy, 
Spitzenburg, and Winesap apples are more 
or less self-sterile and should have other 
varieties that bloom at the same time 
planted near them. It is an interesting 
fact that all the most profitable varieties 
of apples bloom medium to late in the 
spring. This does not affect their time 
of ripening, but they are less apt to be 
injured by late spring frosts. "It is an 
open question whether anj' variety is as 
productive or produces as fine fruit where 
self-fertilized." 
The following varieties of apples are all 
late bloomers: Baldwin, Banana, Black 
Ben, Delicious, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, 
King David, Livland Raspben-y, Maiden 
Blush, Mcintosh, Oldenburg (Duchess 
of)^ Paragon, Rhode Island Greening, 
Spitzenburg, Stayman, Wagener, Wilson 
Red, Winesap, Yellow Newtown, and Yel- 
low Transparent. Midseason bloomers 
are: Gravenstein, Melon, Red Astrachan 
and Wealthy. Extra late bloomers are; 
Northern Spy, Rome Beauty, and York 
Imperial. 
The Red June and Wild Goose pluma 
will not bear fruit unless some other va- 
riety is near enough for cross-polhnation. 
