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union in Spys on Astrachans, but he agrees 

 with all other practical fruit-growers in say- 

 ing that the Tallman Sweet affords the best 

 possible stock to graft upon. 



The importance of the apple-growing in- 

 dustry about Creemore is shown by the fact 

 that a firm of dealers have this year put up 

 a large apple storehouse in Creemore for the 

 receiving of the fruit. The same firm have 

 another storehouse in Winnipeg, and their 

 expectation is to find in the West the prin- 

 cipal outlet for the apples produced in this 

 district. 



Prices about Creemore, considering the 

 excellent quality of the fruit, are running 

 very low — 75c. for fall, and $1 for winter 

 fruit, on the tree. The lion's share of the 

 profit in this year's apple crop, in that sec- 

 tion at all events, will go to the dealers. 



'• I have," said W. B. Sanders, President 

 of the Georgian Bay Fruit-Growers' Asso- 

 ciation, in speaking of the keeping of apples 

 for one's own use, "adopted this plan of 

 keeping mine : I store in a cool outhouse 

 until after several degrees of frost, and then 

 lay singly on shelves in the cellar. I find 

 fruit will keep in that way in perfect condi- 

 tion until well on in spring." 



" And I," said D. Somerville, of Sunni- 

 dale, " have never had better success than 

 with pitting. In pitting, I dig in a piece of 

 sod ground to a depth of three feet or so, 

 and put the apples in the opening. Above 

 the apples, but about six inches below the 

 surface, I put in a board covering so as to 

 prevent the earth covering from pressing on 

 the fruit. Then I cover with enough earth 

 to exclude air and frost. I have had Spy, 

 Ontario, and Russet apples come out of the 

 pits so made in perfect condition after 

 spring seeding was over. In fact, the fruit 

 was as fresh as if just picked from the tree." 



This year the keeping quality ot apples, 

 owing to favorable cLmatic conditions, 

 should be particularly good. 



THE MoCABE ORCHARD, NEAR BRONTE. 



ALTHOUGH the past summer was an 

 exceedingly wet one. Says the Sun, 

 Mr. McCabe was able to have his trees 

 thoroughly sprayed. The effect is clearly 

 shown on almost every tree in the orchard. 

 Spotting is as rare in his fruit as it is com- 

 mon in a great many other cases. Another 

 indication of the healthfulness of the trees is 

 found in the fact that four Baldwin grafts 

 put on a Canada Red three years ago are 

 bearing eighty apples this season. In fact, 

 one Baldwin graft is bearing the first year 

 after putting on. Mr. McCabe has followed 

 the same plan as C. E. Secord, of the Ni- 

 agara district, in planting Kieffer pears along 

 the fence lines. Some of these Kieffers have 

 several pears on this year, although they 

 were not set out until 1901. The fruit part 

 of the farm is not confined solely to apples. 

 There are 1,800 plum trees, and the berry 

 bushes cover eight acres. 



MAY HAVE 3,000 BARRELS OF APPLES. 



The bulk of the apple trees are Greenings 

 and Baldwins. A short time ago Mr. Mc- 

 Cabe thought he would do well if he secured 

 1,000 barrels of merchantable fruit. When 

 he made this estimate the manager of the 

 farm expressed the belief that the yield would 

 come nearer 2,000 barrels. Now, when 

 picking is actually under way, it will not be 

 surprising if the total yield reaches 3,000 

 barrels. The quality of the fruit produced 

 is indicated by the fact that Mr. McCabe has 

 already had an offer of $1.35 per barrel. 

 This he has declined, however, as he is con- 

 fident he can do veiy much better. 



AN APPLE WAREHOUSE. 



In order to make the most of his crop, he 

 has approaching completion an apple ware- 

 house 80 by 30 feet. In building this ware- 

 house a trench for the walls was dug below 

 the frost line. This trench was filled with 

 field and lake stone to a little above the 



