THE FA ME USE APPLE. 



as the taste for it increases in that 

 metropolis of the world, so will the 

 demand and the prices increase. Never 

 has " La Fameuse " been exported in 

 sufficiently good condition, in large 

 quantity, to encourage the demand for 

 it in England, but the past season, I 

 believe, is only the beginning of a large 

 trade. A few years ago it was supposed 

 that the day of Fameuse was over, or 

 that it would not pay to continue to 

 plant orchards of that variety, and 

 owners of old orchards were disposed to 

 cut down their trees : but since the 



that has all been changed since our 

 markets have been glutted with Califor- 

 nia fruit. Whether we shall be able to 

 ship these varieties in cold storage 

 advantageously, I am not prepared to 

 say. 



Let me say a word about the necessity 

 of more carefully handling our best 

 apples, both in picking and packing. 

 The system practised in some districts 

 of the picker ascending the ladder with 

 a bag slung across his shoulders, in 

 which to gather the apples he picks, is 

 one not to be recommended. I believe 



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Fig. 1191.— Famepse Applr. 



advent of the spray pump, a new lease 

 of life has been given to the old trees, 

 and no one now need fear to plant out 

 new orchards. 



Since California fruit has reached our 

 markets to compete with our summer 

 and fall apples, it does not seem 

 necessary to set out large orchards of 

 trees bearing apples only to compete at 

 low prices with this foreign fruit. A few 

 years ago our Red Astrachans, Yellow 

 Transparent, Strawberry, Peach and 

 Duchess apples were the most profitable 

 apples to grow in this Province : but 



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the first bruise the apple receives at the 

 time of picking, almost imperceptible at 

 the time, is the worst ; and from that 

 moment the fruit rapidly begins to 

 decay. There is no receptacle better 

 adapted to gather apples in than the 

 ordinary round peck basket, lined inside 

 with canvas, to prevent bruising. Apples 

 of La Fameuse type should be handled 

 like eggs. It pays to do it. Where it 

 is practicable also, I think it better to 

 pack the barrels or boxes in the orchard. 

 Head up the barrels then or the next 

 day. I have no faith in the cry that 



