Opportunities of Orchard and Home 
Garden Planting 
Americans are disposed to make their money in 
the easiest possible way for that is the best way. 
There are abundant opportunities offered 
the land owner in the planting of an orchard. 
Every American farmer should be equipped 
with an orchard, and those for whom it is pos¬ 
sible, will find it profitable to raise fruit as 
their chief industry. An orchard of apple, pear, 
plum or cherry planted on the right land, using 
the right varieties of trees and given the proper 
care, will net from $300 to $500 per acre. 
Village and city lots which are big enough 
for a garden, offer an excellent opportunity for 
the use of Dwarf fruit trees which will supply 
enough fruit for the family use and help cut 
living expenses. Shrubs and ornamentals will 
also greatly increase the value of your place. 
We have made a scientific study of fruit 
growing from the nursery end and offer our 
services free in recommending suitable varie¬ 
ties for certain soils and climate. Write us 
fully, tell us the lay of your land, the character 
of the surface and subsoil, the distance to your 
nearest market, the size of the town on which 
you would have to depend for extra pickers, 
etc., etc., and then we can advise you intelli¬ 
gently what kind of fruit and what varieties 
will pay you best. Hundreds of prosperous 
farmers have used this service to their profit. 
We are only too glad to extend it to you without 
your being obligated to us in any way. 
The purchase price of these trees for setting 
is very small—it is within every man’s reach. 
Practically speaking, your expense, without 
income, is all the first three years, when they 
should be worked three times during each of 
these years, so that at the end of the third year, 
your trees will come into fruiting and each and 
every year thereafter will furnish an income 
which you cannot equal with any other crop. 
It may be truly said an orchard is a safe in¬ 
vestment, for it nets a profit annually. 
A Matter Which Should Concern Every 
Planter is the Grade of a Tree 
In the nursery trade there is a standard for 
the different grades, determined by two pro¬ 
portionate measurements, “the caliper” (or 
measurement of thickness) and the “height.” 
For instance, certain kinds of trees of a five to 
seven foot height require about eleven six¬ 
teenths inch in thickness; and smaller heights 
proportionately less. 
The caliper is measured just above the bud 
or graft which is a few inches above where the 
tree grew in the ground, and is marked by a 
difference in the color of the bark. 
When a tree is measured both by height and 
caliper, you make certain of getting a much 
more stocky, sturdy tree, for many trees which 
will measure 5 to 7 feet will not caliper i y 16 of 
an inch, and unless you buy from people who 
grade by caliper and height, you are very likely 
to receive many slender trees which should 
have been placed in the next lower grade. 
The height is measured from the bud or graft 
to the top of the limbs, and does not include 
the root. We grade both by caliper and height. 
0/V£ OF THE FRUIT FARMS 
Owned by John S. Beckwith, Albion, /V. V. 
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