New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 527 
is to grow for home use, a special market or the general mar- 
ket. Upon this decision largely rests the choice of location and 
the choice and number of fruits and of their varieties. 
Still another division may be made. A man may elect to 
grow fruit extensively or intensively. In the first case the 
orchard is the unit; in the second, the tree. Most of the 
orcharding in America igs extensive. Everything is done on a 
large scale. There are many acres; few varieties; uniformity 
of method for all varieties; wholesale packing and handling; 
and satisfaction with a low price. In Europe the fruit grow- 
ing is intensive. Orchards are small; there are many varieties; 
special conditions and treatment are given each variety; indi- 
vidual trees are carefully trained, pruned and fertilized; the 
product is packed with all of the niceties known to the trade 
and sells for a high price. America will long continue to grow 
fruit extensively and conditions are such that it is far best she 
should, but her fruit growers could learn much from the in- 
tensive methods of the European fruit grower; especially learn 
to look more carefully after the individual needs of trees; 
learn, too, “ That large orcharding is sometimes small orchard- 
ing and small orcharding is often the largest orcharding.” 
Whatever the kind of fruit growing, the choice of place upon 
which to grow it demands exceedingly careful attention. All 
subsequent efforts will fail if a mistake ig made in choosing the 
site for operations. Here, indeed, is “ Well begun, half done.” 
In growing fruit for the market certain economic considera- 
tions demand attention; as distance to market, means of 
transportation, labor, storage, competition, disposition of by- 
products, cost of production and over-production. Any of 
these may prove a determinant of success and each should re- 
ceive careful consideration. ‘The weakest goes to the wall” 
applies in the business of growing fruit as well as in other 
business enterprises. In growing fruit for home use, these 
economic factors may be ignored. There are, however, certain 
natural factors which must be observed in fruit growing for 
both home and market. 
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