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providing the reader can imagine 

 the color of the skin to be a rich 

 crimson. When thus highly colored, 

 what apple could be prettier for the 

 dessert table than the Astrachan, 

 even though the quality is inferior 

 to some other varieties. 



This season this apple has sold 

 well in Canadian markets, owing to 

 the shortage caused by the late 

 frosts. 



The basket used is a very neat 

 one, with board ends, on which is 

 stamped the name of the grower and the grade of the fruit. The quantity con- 

 tained is about a peck and a half, and when only the most fancy fruit is thus 

 packed, they will always sell. The ventilated barrel is used for ordinary grades 

 of summer apples, and two or three of these are shown in the back ground in 

 Fig. 82 V 



Fig. S2-2. — Plate of A.stkachans. 



Fk; S23--pACK\Gh:.- >>i Astkaluan.-^ kok Shipment. 



