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season  with  what  we  have  sent  him,  and  which  history 
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TTNDER  the  above  beading,  we  find  an  article 
U  in  the  “  Daily  Mail  ”  which,  whether  exact 
or  not  in  respect  to  the  whole  of  the  figures  pre¬ 
sented,  and  granting  that  the  great  bulk  and  value 
of  imported  fruit  is  such  that  could  not  possibly  be 
grown  in  this  country,  the  article  is  not  the  less 
interesting  and  significant.  It  tells  us  clearly,  to 
put  the  matter  in  a  nutshell,  that  if  we  will  not 
grow  what  the  nation  needs,  in  the  supply  of  our 
national  fruit,  other  ountries  will  make  good  our 
deficiencies ;  or,  in  other  words,  they  will  do  as 
the  Danes  have  done  in  the  supply  of  butter — get 
the  upper  hand  in  our  markets. 
“  But,”  it  may  be  asked,  “  can  we  help  ourselves 
in  the  matter  ?  ”  The  answer  is  that  not  a  few 
British  cultivators  of  fruit  are  helping  themselves 
to  more  profit  than  could  be  possibly  obtained 
under  the  orthodox  system  i>f  agricultural  tillage 
and  pasturage — a  profit,  it  may  be  reasonably 
suspected,  at  least  ei(ual  to  that  obtained  by 
cultivators  in  other  lands,  who  have  to  send  their 
goods  thousands  of  miles  to  our  mai  kets. 
How  do  they  manage  it?  The  answer  is  simple. 
It  is  because,  as  a  rule,  fruit  is  cultivated  in  a 
systematic  and  intelligent  manner  by  our  rivals  in 
production  over  the  sea,  also  placed  on  our  markets 
in  the  most  tempting  condition  ;  while  at  home,  as  a 
rule,  similar  methods  are  not  adopted.  It  is  true  there 
are  exceptions,  and  these  prove  in  a  small  way,  and 
to  a  limited  extent,  what  might  be  more  general  if 
the  same  methods  were  pursued  by  the  many,  who 
have  opportunities,  that  are  practised  by  the  few. 
It  is  not  suggested  that  our  hardy  fruits  can  be 
grown  profitably  all  over  the  United  Kingdom. 
There  is  an  enormous  area  of  sites  and  a  great 
variety  of  soils  in  w'hich  this  cannot  be  done ;  and 
it  is  certain  that  many  an  attempt  has  been  made 
to  “make  money”  out  of  growing  fruit  where  the 
essential  concrete  conditions  were  lacking,  and  the 
attempts  of  necessity  ending  in  failure.  On  the 
other  hand,  in  instances  innumerable,  where  soils 
and  situations  were  not  unfavourable,  the  rough 
slipshod  methods  and  haphazard  routine,  which 
are  apparent  almost  everywhere,  have  nullified  the 
effects  of  the  natural  advantages  that  existed,  and 
No.  2567.— VOL.  XOVIL,  OLD  Sbbihs. 
