6 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



been carefully and judiciously selected to begin with, the co-operating neigh- 

 borhood will become known for certain good varieties of shipping apples. If 

 the trees and the ground have been properly cared for and the trees have been 

 properly sprayed, it will also become known for the quality of the fruit pro- 

 duced. Buyers will be attracted to such a neighborhood, and if an immediate 

 sale be made to them, better prices will be obtained on account of the unifor- 

 mity and quality of the fruit, and that without any combination to keep up 

 prices. Or, if a shipment to the English or other market be determined upon, 

 the advantage of co-operation becomes even more apparent The man who 

 has only an acre or two of orchard has not a sufficient quantity to ship by him- 

 self. By uniting their forces, two or three or a larger number, may make up a 

 carload or a larger quantity, and thus secure the advantage of the greatly reduced 

 rates applicable to the larger shipment. Having a larger quantity, too, there is 

 an advantage in dealing with the commission agent and the better knowledge 

 of the market. 



5. For windfalls and fallen fruit, co operation may secure a joint evapora" 

 tor. This is a matter of great importance, not only to provide a proper means 

 of disposing of this class of fruit, but also to avoid the unwise course of glutting 

 the market with poor and decaying apples, which disappoint both seller and 

 buyer. This evaporator may be either on a large scale in a town or village, or 

 may be a smaller one for a smaller neighborhood. 



To sum up, I recommend the formation of county societies to bring together 

 all those who are interested in the subject at stated intervals, and to hold meet- 

 ings for discussion and gathering information, and to work together as far as 

 possible in the direction indicated. In addition to this, the apple growers in a 

 locality, even if they be only few in number, ought to be in touch the one with • 

 the other and assist one another in such matters as spraying and the like, 

 wherever necessary. My ideal would be to see 10, 20, or 50 farmers in a 

 neighborhood meet together and form a " co-operative society," each one 

 agreeing to plant, within the next five years, ten acres of orchard, the varieties 

 to be few in number and all suited for shipment ; to properly study and 

 carry out the care of their trees, and when the time should come for fruit- 

 bearing, to unite in sending their apples forward under their own brand to the 

 English market, having their evaporator for the windfalls, and, if necessary, 

 their central frost and heat-proof storehouse at the central shipping point. 



Peterbord, Ont. E B. Edwards. 



Planting" Cherry Trees. — Prof. Budd, of the Iowa Experiment Station, 

 says that a cherry or plum orchard does best when planted thickly in rows 

 running north and south, and giving a wider space between the rows to admit 

 the sun and allow free circulation of air. Orchards where the rows were 24 feet 

 apart, and the trees 10 feet apart in the rows, have done better than those 

 planted in the usual way. 



