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Because an apple is a good keeper, it does not follow tliat it is 

 suitable for export, it is far better, and more profitable, to grow 

 apples tliat have already a good name in tbe London market, than 

 sorts that, however good they might be, are not so well-known. 



Suitable Varieties for the Local Market. 



The following is a good selection of fruits to plant either for home 

 use or local markets, arranged as nearly as possible in their order of 

 ripening : — 



Mr. Gladstone, 



Emperor Alexander, 



Jonathan, 



Reinette de Canada, 



Cleopatra, 



Esopus Spitzenburgh, 



Apples. 



London Pippin, 

 Munro's Favourite, 

 Rome Beauty, 

 Scarlet Nonpareil, 

 Rymer, 

 Stone Pippin. 



William's Bon Chretien, 

 Doyenne Boussoch, 

 Capiaumont, 

 Bosc, 



Early Rivers, 

 Early Orleans, 

 Angelina Burdett, 

 Diamond, 



Oullin's Early Peach, 



Royal, 



Hemskirke, 



Early Purple Guigne, 

 Burgdoff's Seedling, 

 Twyford Bigarreau, 



Briggs' Red May, 

 Amsden's June, 

 Hale's Early, 



Roaring Lion, 



APRICOTS. 



CHERRIES. 



Marie Louise, 

 Anjou, 

 Broom Park, 

 Josephine de Malines. 



Washington, 

 Yellow Magnum Bonum, 

 Pond's Seedling, 

 Coe's Golden Drop. 



Mansfield Seedling, 

 Moor Park, 

 Dundonald. 



Eagles Seedling, 

 Bedford Prolific, 

 St. Margaret. 



Crimson George, 



Foster, 



Lady Palmerston. 



La Marguerite, 



FIGS. 



White Genoa. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 

 RED CURRANT. 



La Versailles. 



BLACK CURRANT. 



Carter's Black Champion. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Edith. 



Crown Bob. 



Trollope's Victoria. 



Pruning. 



Trees newly planted, if one year old, should be cut back to the 

 height it is desired to have the stem of the tree, two feet is a good 

 height. Two-year-old trees should have the branches cut back to 

 from four to six inches to an outside bud, cut with a sharp knife, 

 slanting upwards above the bud. Trees of older growth should have 



