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supplied with them, to be extensively consumed instead of the too frequently 

 half decayed or immature and sour oranges and bananas which now usurp 

 their places. Although we confessedly speak quite at random, it is our 

 very decided conviction that there is no lack of relatively profitable varieties 

 of the character indicated, and that these woidd be freely produced and 

 offered by the nurseries if only they were demanded by planters. 



We are also of the opinion that such a change, by the mass of commer- 

 cial planters and shippers, would within a very few years nearly or quite 

 double the relative consumption of fruits, with an increased price to corres- 

 pond with the improvement in quality. 



We are, moreover, scarcely willing to rest quietly under the imputation 

 of Mr. Morrill, respecting the Red Canada apple, especially since we have 

 for many years been charged with having "Red Canada on the brain," on 

 account of having so persistantly urged the planting of it for commercial 

 purposes. Highly as we esteem it for such purposes, in regions in which 

 it succeeds, and notwithstanding the fact that, even where successful, it 

 has some grave faults, among which is a slight lack of rich, high flavor, we 

 would scarcely plant half a dozen trees for winter apples for family pur- 

 poses without including this. 



T. T. Lyon. 



