13 APRIL 1895, Page 24

Fruit - Culture for Profit. By C. B. Whitehead, B.A. (S.P.C.K —Mr.

Whitehead gives directions and suggestions for the culture of fruit. These will, without doubt, be found useful in them- selves. Those who own gardens or orchards will find it an advan- tage to put them in practice. When we come to the words "for profit" we hesitate. The upshot of the correspondence carried on last autumn in the Times, numerous as were the contradictions,. was that profit, even to say the least, is very doubtful. People lucky enough to have such rare trees as quinces and medlars, may make something by them. But to plant apples, pears, or plums with the hope of making anything by them, is not a thing that commends itself to us.