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grade to the description or that which is shown on the surface of 

 the package. 



In planting an orchard, ofily the best trees should be purchased, 

 and not too many varieties should be planted for a commercial or- 

 chard. The trees should be headed low, as the branches protect 

 the body of the trees from the hot rays of the sun, and it is much 

 easier to pick the fruit. It perhaps is not within the province of 

 this paper to suggest which varieties are the best. In a commercial 



E. A. Smith, I,ake City. 



orchard it is well to have enough of one variety, or of varieties 

 which ripen at the same time, so that, if it seems desirable, the fruit 

 upon the trees in the orchard can be sold in carload lots — 150 to 200 

 barrels being counted as a carload. If the individual orchard is 

 not large enough for this, there may be several other orchards near 

 by, so that an arrangement of this kind may be made to the advan- 

 tage of all. 



Twie — The time of picking makes quite a difference in the 

 quality and the keeping of fruits. Generally speaking, the greener 

 the fruit picked, the longer it will keep, but the poorer it will be 



