Fruit Culture

Fruit culture in this country lias ittuined proportions hardly realized era by eutbusiastic pomologiste. AccorJii; to recent official statements, the U dovoted to this branch of inilu6trp:proximately amounts to 4,500,000 acre. Pretty accurate calculationshaveaBsigial to it 112,000,000 apple trees, 28,000,1) pear trees, 112,275,000 peach trees, mui X41,260,000 grape vines. The total tsIm of the fruit erop throughont the conih; is set down at $138,216,700 ; an amouiit equal to half the value of tlie avenjt wheatcrop. To this sum applescoctribute $50,400,000; pears, $14,130,000; peaches, $56,135,000; grapes, 2,180,, Btrawberries, $5,000,000; andotha fnd $10,432,000.