. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . 1. 5-ACRE PEACH ORCHARD AT ONE MONTH OLD, HOWARD & WILSON COLONY this season. Last year I received $200. I consider them a very profitable crop. A fewyears ago you would hardly buy them. I have some young Bartletts which paid me $100net per acre. From twelve acres of orchard I sold $4,000 worth of fruit thisseason. My raisin vines paid me $335 an acre gross this season, and $200 last. Ofcourse I bestow the utmost care on my trees, and am of the opinion that an orchard, ifproperly cared for, will pay fully as well as a raisin vineyard. The read
. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . 1. 5-ACRE PEACH ORCHARD AT ONE MONTH OLD, HOWARD & WILSON COLONY this season. Last year I received $200. I consider them a very profitable crop. A fewyears ago you would hardly buy them. I have some young Bartletts which paid me $100net per acre. From twelve acres of orchard I sold $4,000 worth of fruit thisseason. My raisin vines paid me $335 an acre gross this season, and $200 last. Ofcourse I bestow the utmost care on my trees, and am of the opinion that an orchard, ifproperly cared for, will pay fully as well as a raisin vineyard. The reader may form his own conclusion from these interviews. The great advan-tage a fruit-grower has over the raisin-man is, that he has a longer time in which tooperate. He may employ labor at the beginning of the season, and keep it until the he dries his fruit he will sack it, saving the great expense of packing. Then the costof orchard labor is less than vineyard labor; and there is no damage from autumn rainsto be feared. It is evident that
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