better right to gratify his taste than the man who buys, sets out,
and cares for the trees? Some familiar kind not in favor with the
fruit critics, an old variety that has become a dear memory of
boyhood, may be the best one of all for him--perhaps for the
reason that it recalls the loved faces that gathered about the
wide, quaint fireplace of his childhood's home.

It is also a well-recognized fact that certain varieties of fruit
appear to be peculiarly adapted to certain localities. Because a
man has made a good selection on general principles, he need not
be restricted to this choice. He will soon find his trees growing
lustily and making large branching heads. Each branch can be made
to produce a different kind of apple or pear, and the kindred
varieties of cherries will succeed on the same tree. For instance,
one may be visiting a neighbor who gives him some fruit that is
unusually delicious, or that manifest great adaptation to the
locality. As a rule the neighbor will gladly give scions which,
grafted upon the trees of the Home Acre, will soon begin to yield
the coveted variety. This opportunity to grow different kinds of
fruit on one tree imparts a new and delightful interest to the
orchard. The proprietor can always be on the lookout for something
new and fine, and the few moments required in grafting or budding
make it his. The operation is so simple and easy that he can learn
to perform it himself, and there are always plenty of adepts in
the rural vicinage to give him his initial lesson. While he will
keep the standard kinds for his main supply, he can gratify his
taste and eye with some pretty innovations. I know of an apple-
tree which bears over a hundred varieties. A branch, for instance,
is producing Yellow Bell-flowers. At a certain point in its growth
where it has the diameter of a man's thumb it may be grafted with