Rural School Llaflkt. 



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Practical Lessons 



I. From the varieties brought by the children, choose those that 

 are most common. If the choice has been made from several fruit 

 farms in the neighborhood, probably these common varieties will rep- 

 resent the apples that are grown most extensively there. These will 

 be the apples best adapted to the section, and will, therefore, be worth 

 growing for commercial purposes. 



Fig. 2. — An exhibit of fruit 



2. Compare the varieties in the exhibit with the standard varieties 

 grown in the commercial orchards of this State. A short list of the 

 common varieties is as follows: 



Baldwin Greening 



Northern Spy King 



Spitzenburg Hubbardson 



Fameuse (Snow apple) Russet 



Are the varieties grown in your section the same as these? If not, 

 encourage the children to try some of the new varieties. 



3. Ask the children to tell the conditions under which the varieties 

 of apples in their section were grown and compare the size, color, and 

 appearance of the fruit grown under good conditions with that grown 

 under poor conditions. This will teach the lesson that the best fruits 

 are grown in the orchards that are thoroughly cultivated, fertilized. 



