. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 348 FRUIT-GROWING FRUIT-GROWING FRUIT-GROWING. Figs. No branch of American agriculture has shown a more complete adaptation to modern demands and conditions than fruit-growing: it has become a large-area and real farm enterprise ; the field prac- tices have been completely changed within a score of years ; the products have come to be of national importance. Persons now purchase farms for the sole purpose of raising fruit on them ; and on mixed-husbandry farms the orcharding part has taken on a broader and freer spirit, and is no
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 348 FRUIT-GROWING FRUIT-GROWING FRUIT-GROWING. Figs. No branch of American agriculture has shown a more complete adaptation to modern demands and conditions than fruit-growing: it has become a large-area and real farm enterprise ; the field prac- tices have been completely changed within a score of years ; the products have come to be of national importance. Persons now purchase farms for the sole purpose of raising fruit on them ; and on mixed-husbandry farms the orcharding part has taken on a broader and freer spirit, and is not merely an isolated or incidental part of the farm scheme. In other words, fruit-growing has assumed Where one would best engage in fruit-growing is a question difficult to answer. Once the Editor knew ; but after he went away from home he began to doubt, and now he has no opinion. Fruit- growing is no longer confined to a few areas here and there. It is practicable in many regions that have been considered to lie outside the "fruit ; Wherever any fruit has been grown suc- cessfully, it can in all probability be grown again. Sometimes a region that has not been exploited for any kind of fruit may afford excellent natural adap- tabilities. The choice of a location is usually deter- mined by the general region in which one desires to live ; then the intending fruit-grower can make. Fig. 498. Clean culture in an apple orchard. Ontario tj-pe of tree. commercial significance, and it must now be con- sidered in any fair discussion of farm management. That this has not always been true, is shown by the literature of fruit-growing. The older books are mostly a reflection of fruit-gardening, dealing with varieties and with small special practices. Within the past few years the writings have had a larger sweep, conceiving of fruit-growing in much the spirit that we conceive of grain-growing or live-stock-raising. The personal fruit-garden, as an amateur adjunct to a home
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