Hints and Encouragements for Profitable Fruit Growing (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Hints and Encouragements for Profitable Fruit GrowingThis Essay differs from that to which the prize was awarded In one important aspect, namely, that it deals with every variety of fruit usually grown in England, whilst only the ordinary orchard fruits and the hardy bush fruits are treated. Of in the Prize Essay.Whilst it is in every way most desirable that cottagers should cultivate fruit for their home consumption as food by their own families, there is very little doubt that those undertaking its culture on small holdings, will mostly do so with the view to realize their produce, more or less as a source of profit. As a profitable occupation it will, however, be found that on a limited area, or where land is very dear, or where a regular avocation is sought for, the year round, those fruits. Will be cultivated, mainly around large towns, that are grown under glass, in preference to orchard trees or other hardy sorts.The phrase, Profitable Fruit Growing, is understood to mean (i suppose) a mode of cultivating fruit that will be likely to pay for the capital and labour expended, when the produce is fairly well realized at market rates.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.