Excerpt from Present-Day Gardening
Notwithstanding all that has been written on the cultivation of Apples and Pears, it still remains a reproach to us that of the many who possess the necessary means only a few have an intelligent knowledge of the details of cultivation. With the spread of education in the towns, the public has shown a greater appreciation for fruit as a regular part of the general diet, and the increased demand which has resulted has been met mainly by imports from abroad. The change in the national diet has not proved such a stimulus to home cultivators as might reasonably have been expected, and people who possess every convenience themselves for cultivating sufficient fruit to satisfy the requirements of the home may be seen cheerfully purchasing Apples, Pears, and other fruits in the nearest market. Consumers are grateful to colonial and other cultivators abroad for the supplies of fruit they send to British markets, because much of this produce arrives early in spring and in summer when British hard fruits are not in season, but we should not be unmindful of the fact that it is our duty to produce in English orchards and gardens the greatest amount of wholesome fruits it is possible for us to obtain. That this view is not entertained universally is sufficiently attested in the waste ground that may be seen around rural dwellings, including bare walls and farm buildings which are capable of providing excellent situations for fruit-trees.
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