. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. : for the spring of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Co[)\ rn,'litc I i^.,-' ; 1;\ KLIKAL ]'U Bl I ^ H I N (, COMPANY. Fig. 1 A new place unimproved as regards tree-planting, not only add to the attractiveness and comfort of our that is provided which modifies the conditions of freshet, of drouth, and of sweeping gales and cold. It pays in the profits that may be derived from the sale of surphis products. Our population living in towns and villages become ready buyers f
. Catalogue of evergreens, European larch, etc. : for the spring of 1893. Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Dundee Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs. Co[)\ rn,'litc I i^.,-' ; 1;\ KLIKAL ]'U Bl I ^ H I N (, COMPANY. Fig. 1 A new place unimproved as regards tree-planting, not only add to the attractiveness and comfort of our that is provided which modifies the conditions of freshet, of drouth, and of sweeping gales and cold. It pays in the profits that may be derived from the sale of surphis products. Our population living in towns and villages become ready buyers from those who have a surplus. On this account the judicious culture of both fruits and vege- tables is among the most profitable branches of land tillage. Tens of thousands of gardeners and fruit-growers all over our land derive larger incomes from their small plats of perhaps less than ten acres each, devoted to these crops, than does the average farmer from his many acres, given to rarm crops. A neighbor of the writer, from a Bartlett pear orchard of less than two acres, clears upwards of $1,('00 year after year on his crop. The sales from an acre of strawberries in the vicinity of thriving towns or villages is seldom less than $300, and often reaches $400 to $800 a year. Many a farmer with one tourth of his farm devoted to a well managed apple orchard obtains larger profits from that part than from the entire three fourths besides. The demand for choice fruits at jjaying prices is constantly growing; it will be a long while before all of our rapiilly inert asing population will be the free buyers and consumers of fruit that the best interests of all demand. 4. It pays in the greater beauty and interest trees, shrubs and plants impart to a place, especially evergreens. We have only to compare the desirability of any home planted with a profu- sion of ornamental and fruit trees, shrubs, vines and plants, with the same or sim- ilar grounds (as for instance a new home) devoid of
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