THE WEALTHY APPLE. Sor 
planter has ready to harvest a crop of Wealthy apples in the condition 
described, he will find a market ready for them at his own price. 
An exporter of fruit to England of large experience has said that 
selected Wealthys, packed and handled properly, could be taken to Eng- 
land by aid of the present cold storage facilities and would sell there at a 
large profit to the grower. It is probable that Jonathan can take care of this 
fancy fruit for some time yet, and if the Minnesota grower will get it on 
the market in the right shape he can dispose of an unlimited amount. Hand 
picked, wrapped in paper and packed in boxes of one bushel each and sold 
as fancy fruit, an immediate place would be found for it in the best markets. 
If the supply were too great for immediate demand its season could be ex- 
tended indefinitely by using cold storage facilities, and even till summer 
comes again. } 
Whoever plants this famous variety in a right location, and is thorough- 
going enough to give it the right care at the right time and to gather and 
market it right has assured a certain and rich harvest. 
The Wealthy will do something for you even under neglect, but scarcely 
anything responds more promptly to wholesome and right treatment. 
Try it. 
Mr. Philips: I endorse what Mr. Latham says in regard to the 
quality of the Wealthy. Some eighteen years ago I procured some 
Virginia crabs, and I thought the Wealthy needed more vigor, so 
I top-worked. They have been bearing now sixteen years every 
year, and every alternate year they bear a heavy crop. When I 
planted those trees I planted a row close beside them of three year 
old Wealthy on their own roots. They came into bearing and paid 
for themselves, but they overbore and died, while the Wealthy top- 
worked still remain, and while they bore heavily last year they have 
now a large number of fruit buds. That is an object lesson. I 
plant Virginia crabs every year and graft Wealthy every year. If 
a man will plant apple trees every year he will always have apples 
while he lives, and his children will have apples after he is gone. 
Mr. Dartt: Did they sprout from the ground? 
Mr, Philips: Those that died did not sprout. If a Wealthy 
dies down let it grow up in bush form, and it will soon make a fine 
tree and get to bearing again. 
Mr. Dartt: Yes, it will if it is not killed too low. 
Girdling for Early Fruit—The value of a vineyard set on low lands is 
often impaired by the danger of early frosts. Such a plantation can often 
be made profitable by girdling the vines, which process is simply to remove 
a narrow ring of bark near the root end of the vine to be treated. Such 
vines will ripen their fruit a week or two in advance of others and thus 
escape the frost. 
