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the winter. All kinds are firm and can be handled 

 and marketed with less care and trouble than other 

 fruits. Apples may be put to many uses. They are 

 eaten raw or they may be cooked in a variety of 

 ways. Some are dried or made into jelly, and in 

 this form they may be kept for a long time. 



Seedless Apples. Since we have varieties of seed- 

 less oranges, men have been trying to develop an 



Fig. 96. The successful orchardist always sprays. 



apple without a core. When this kind takes the 

 place of those we now use it will be a splendid thing 

 for us all, because there are certain insects that 

 live in the core of the apple and there is so much 

 waste in removing it. Some day seedless apples will 

 be a very common thing. 



