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Excerpt from The Profits of Fruit Culture: Containing Plain and Practical Directions for Planting, Growing and Marketing Fruit, Followed by a List of Hardy Ornamental Trees and Vines for Home Adornment, Parks and Streets These few pages are offered to the public to encourage the growing of fruit in the Province of Quebec. What has been learned from years of practice and observations by successful fruit growers in Canada and the United States, is told in as few words as possible. My extensive correspondence with citizens, farmers and country gentlemen, for the last five years, the numerous enquiries I received from them on fruit growing, have convinced me of the necessity of preparing this little work. Why? Because our progressive men, of all classes, want to learn in one day the experiences of practical and successful men, of half a century. They do not care for theories or botanical terms, the formation of leaves, wood, &c.; they desire only, information on the most profitable plants and fruit trees to grow; on the best and hardiest trees for the parks, lawns, streets and cemetery lots. This I have endeavored to give in this little work, by borrowing from the best authors and Horticultural reports. Purchase good hardy trees, grown as far north as possible. Before selecting the varieties offered by nurserymen, inquire in your locality what are the most profitable varieties cultivated there; it will be easier for you then, to make a judicious selection. Let the amateur try a great many varieties! he works not for profit, but for the satisfaction of benefiting his countrymen by introducing some good new varieties. Plant well known species and cultivate carefully. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.