At the Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Convention, Mr. A. S. Fuller spoke as follows: - "Competition is brisk, and this leads me to believe that there are but two classes of small fruit growers who can make the business very profitable. The first are those who have an abundance of capital with which, in a measure, to control unfavorable circumstances. If they only make a profit of a penny per basket, and sell enough, it will amount to considerable in the aggregate. Cultivators without a large capital having to come in competition, would be ruined with prices which gave the extensive producer a small margin for profits. '

" The second class are those who have a home market, and raise their fruit without any considerable outlay for labor. A man who works in the field himself, and has a family to gather and market his fruit, will find small fruit culture quite profitable, inasmuch as he receives an immediate return for his labor; but should he attempt to extend his operations until a number of hired laborers have to be employed, he will very likely find the profits growing gradually less. It is just here that so many persons have made a most serious mistake in the culture of small fruits. At the beginning they have probably produced a few hundred quarts of fine fruit upon a small plot of land, and this being disposed of at a home market, they resolve to extend operations in the same direction, without taking into consideration the amount of capital necessary to purchase baskets and crates, as well as the extra amount of labor required in production. Even if these things are considered, the fruit grower is very liable to forget that there is sometimes a run of bad weather during the harvest season, also low prices and short crops. Perhaps some may accuse me of drawing too strongly on the negative side of this question.

I beg them to remember ghat for many years there has been a strong team on the other side. I do not wish to discourage any one from engaging in the culture of small fruits, but merely desire to put them on their guard against expecting too great results."