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Is that suitable for sale on the fruit stand 

 and for which good prices will always be 

 paid. Wagener la probably one of the best 

 apples but It does not entirely measure up 

 to what we want. The Red Stark should 

 be planted rather than the greener colored 

 one. The Delicious apple may be highly 

 suitable for more inland sections, but It Is 

 doubtful if it is suitable for our Valley, cer- 

 tainly not for general planting. 



Golden Russet may be planted more ex- 

 tensively. This russet apple seems to be 

 increasing in popularity. Color is not looked 

 for in the russet apples and the fact that 

 this apple is yielding in texture and does 

 not show the bruises as do the other vari- 

 tles, is one of the strong points in its fayor. 

 Too Many Slack Barrels. 



You are sustaining a great loss because 

 of barrels arriving with apples slack. There 

 does not appear to be any one cause alone 

 for this, but many factors may contribute. 

 Briefly, they may be stated as follows: 



1. Lack of care when harvesting. 



2. Over-ripe fruit. 



3. Faulty judgment when packing. 



4. Rough or unnecessary handling during 

 transportation. 



5. Too deep tiering on ship. 



6. Too high temperature during shipment. 



The relative influence of these can be de- 

 termined only by experimental work, and it 

 would seem wise to take sieps to solve this 

 question and remove the loss now resulting 

 from "slacks." 



Go Slow With Fall Varieties. 



It seems desirable that we should go care- 

 fully in extending plantings of fall apples 

 beyond that required for local markets, ex- 

 cept of^sorts which, because of appearance 

 and quality will always find a ready market. 



The Crystal Palace Fruit Show offered an 

 excellent opportunity for a study of English 

 varieties and a careful survey was made of 

 the varieties now considered to be leading 

 English sorts. The English grown fruit is 

 not what one could call attractive nor is 

 the quality in general very high, except in 

 a few varieties of wEich the Cox's Orange 

 is an outstanding example and undoubtedly 

 the best dessert English apple. So far as 

 we could determine there are no varieties 

 possessing qualities superior to the Blen- 

 heim, and in this we have had a similar ex- 

 perience with the leading English sorts 

 which have fruited at the Kentville Experi- 

 mental Station. The Worcester Pearmaia 

 may be of some value for limited plantings 

 as a fall apple, it being of high color z.n\ 

 of fair to good quality. 



Outlook For Boxed Trade. 



The box apple trade was given consider- 

 aTjle attention. Certainly prices of box 

 apples during this season have not been 

 suflSciently above the prices obtained for 

 similar grades in barrels to lead us to think 

 that we could make more out of our fruit in 

 boxes. The box trade has been large from 

 British Columbia and the Pacific States. 

 The box apples seem to drift into a different 

 trade from the barrel apples and it is said 

 that the trade in one is not affected by the 

 other. This does not seem to be possible 

 and if more boxes are offered than the 

 normal box trade can take care of a com- 

 petition between box and barrel fruit of 

 good quality must result. Crimson Graven- 

 stein and other highly-colored fall apples 

 should go over in boxes, in fact, it is doubt- 

 ful if they can be successfully transported 

 in any other way •if they are allowed to 

 properly mature before picking. On the 

 whole, there is some opportunity for more 

 extended box shipments, but the bulk of 

 the fruit we now have is more suitable for 

 the barrel trade. 



