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one ; barrel them under 3'our trees as you pick them ; shake 

 them down carefully, pressing in the head with considerable 

 pressure, so that an apple will not move in the barrel. Af- 

 ter being headed up, turn them down on the bilge, and in 

 teaming, handling, or storing, keep them on the bilge all the 

 time, because there is less weight on the apples. On the 

 same day they are picked, put them in the cellar, throwing 

 open the door and windows occasionally, never picking them 

 over until the barrel is opened for use : every time they are 

 handled they sweat afterwards, and sweating promotes decay. 

 Let a man put twenty-five barrels of apples in his cellar, and 

 set the barrels on their head, and keep picldng them over as 

 fast as they rot, and he will be picking out rotten apples all 

 winter, with but few sound in the spring ; but let him put 

 twenty-five barrels, picked, handled, and stored, on the bilge 

 in the celkir, and let them alone, as I recommend, and they 

 will all come out sound in the spring, with perhaps here and 

 there an apple rotted so dry as not to affect any other. 

 Baldwins and Russets are best for shipping, with Hubbard- 

 stons for early shipments." 



With this statement I will close by expressmg my heart- 

 felt wish for future success to the pioneer industries of Essex 

 County. 



