PROFITS LY FRUIT GROWING. 
Twenty- five years ago the great cry was " you will overdo the business." 
This same prediction has been made many times since, but largely by people 
who neglected to plant, or those who after planting failed to care for their 
orchards intelligently. Our improved facilities for disposing of our crops, and 
the enormous increase in our population warrant me in saying that twenty 
years hence the best piece of property a man can own will be a good apple 
orchard. 
With our present refrigerator service our fruits reach the cold Northwest, 
and by the same service our Apples and Pears find ready sale on the European 
markets, and are eagerly sought for, and the promise m the near future of 
much quicker time and cheaper tranportation in reaching foreign markets, 
make prospects bright for better profits in the future. 
During the last months of the year igoi, the Apple crop from some of the 
orchards in Franklin and Kennebec counties in Maine, was sold for more 
money than the price formerly asked for the farms on which they grew. 
ARRLES. 
GENERAL LIST. 
Each. Doz. 100. 
XXX selected, 6 ft. and over $ ,30 $3.00 
Strong, No. I, 5 to 7 ft. 25 2.75 S18.00 
Medium, 4 to 5 feel ... .... .22 2.00 16.00 
Those starred * are the Ru.ssian and hardier kinds. 
SUMMER. 
Benoni. Medium, red, tender and rich; valuable dessert variety. August. 
Caroline June. Medium, deep red, good, productive and hardy. Au- 
gust. 
Williams Favorite. Large, red, excellent, good bearer and very desir- 
able. August. 35c. 
Early Harvest. Medium, pale yellow, tender, juicy, one of the best. 
*Red Astrachan. Large, beautiful deep cHmsom. August. 
See page 27 for One Dollar Mtiil Colleetioas. 
