2 HE-' CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. — 1702. — A Young Gravenstexn Tree, fifteen years set. 



a wash or a spray. It is particularly 

 valuable in destroying bark lice and 

 clearing up the trees generally, but just 

 what its effect is upon fungous pests 

 has not been definitely determined. 

 There are some indications however, 

 that it is equally as effective as Bordeaux 

 mixture in fighting the black knot of 

 plums and the black spot of apples. 



Of the varieties of apples grown in 

 Nova Scotia none are more popular 

 than the Gravenstein, it is generally 

 healthy, comes into bearing fairly early 

 in life, and continues to give large 

 biennial crops as long as it is cared for, 

 and even longer. The only possible 

 objection to it is its season, for a winter 

 apple of equal quality would soon dis- 

 tance all our present winter sorts. The 

 Banks or Red Gravenstein, a bud varia- 

 tion from the orthodox Gravenstein, is 

 gaining in popularity because it com- 



bines with the superior quality of the 

 ordinary Gravenstein, the bright red 

 color which people demand who judge 

 an apple by its appearance alone (and 

 this includes about nine tenths of those 

 who buy apples.) Other deservedly 

 popular sorts are King, Ribston, Blen- 

 heim, Baldwin, Golden Russet, Nonpa- 

 reil, Northern Spy, Falla water, and Rhode 

 Island Greening ; while Wagener, On- 

 tario, Stark, Wealthy, Mann and Ben 

 Davis are, for the present at least, gain- 

 ing in popularity. 



In gathering apples baskets are used 

 almost altogether, and the fruit is either 

 sorted and packed in the orchard or 

 taken to the apple house and stored un- 

 til it is ready to be shipped when it is 

 packed. In disposing of their apples 

 growers are about equally divided be. 

 tween selling to buyers here in the val- 

 ley or shipping for themselves to the 



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