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apple orchards still persist, where their cornfields 

 have been obliterated years ago. 



Apples grow far north, but they require a hot 

 summer to come to good size and color and fine 

 flavor. The climate makes Nova Scotia one of 

 the best apple countries in the world. 



Canada is a great apple region. Vermont and 

 northern New York, with their cold winters and 

 deep snows, produce apples of the finest quality. 



Great apple regions in the Northwest and in 

 Colorado, California, and other states are supply- 

 ing an ever-increasing demand for the fruit in the 

 states west of the Rocky Mountains. Some of the 

 finest apples in New York and London are grown 

 in the Northwest. 



PEARS 



We have no native species of pear, though we 

 cultivate a number of varieties, imported from 

 Europe, and some fine kinds have originated here. 

 The original home of the wild pear was not far 

 from that of the wild apple, but it has spread in two 

 directions until it is a common forest tree in 

 France, and from the Chinese forests it reaches 

 north to Manchuria. 



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