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should not be allowed to ripen on the tree, but should be picked 

 a little on the green side as they will ship much better and reach 

 the market in better condition. Then comes the Wealthy. The 

 weakness of this apple commercially is that it falls from the tree 

 with the slightest provocation and many apples are lost, or on' 

 account of being bruised they must be graded low, bringing a 

 correspondingly low price. The Northwest Greenings may be 

 picked last. They hang on the tree weTT, pack splendidly and are 



E. A, Smith, Lake City. 



as attractive as any green colored apples that are put on the 

 market. 



The writer has found there is a demand for crab apples at a 

 good price, and a hundred crab apple trees would be found profit- 

 able, as the fruit seldom sells for less than $1.50 per bushel and 

 usually brings more. 



Apples for Live Stock. — We find in a recent article in one 

 of the horticultural magazines, a correspondent advises that 

 apples are the best conditioner for horses, cattle, sheep and swine 

 that can be grown on the farm. The correspondent referred to 

 stated that he was able to raise healthy hogs in the midst of a 

 hog cholera epidemic with which surrounding herds were com- 

 pletely annihilated. This correspondent writes that he fed his 



