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RENNIE S AGRICULTURE. 



Apples, for 

 Domestic Use. 



Commercial 

 Apple Growing 



Plant Healthy 

 Trees. 



shipping. Two reliable summer varieties are the 

 "Bartlett" and "Clapp's Favorite." See III. 2j. 

 For autumn, "Sheldon" is suitable, and for early 

 winter "Anjou" and "Clairgeau." 



The apple orchard should be divided into two 

 departments; the first for domestic use, and the 

 second for commercial purposes. For home use, 

 in ordinary cases, two or three trees of the varieties 

 named below will be sufficient for summer and early 

 winter use. One of our best and earliest varieties 

 is the "Yellow Transparent." Then follows the 

 "Duchess of Oldenburg," "Snow," and "Wealthy." 

 The balance of the orchard may be reserved for 

 winter varieties, to be grown for export or the 

 supply of our own markets. 



Ontario is specially adapted to apple growing, 

 and production along this line is bound to become 

 increasingly profitable owing to the large export 

 demand, and the growing powers of consumption 

 in our own western and city markets. Farmers 

 should, therefore, take advantage of the opportunity 

 open along this line and be prepared to supply the 

 markets available. In many cases it will be found 

 most advantageous to sell outright to shippers in the 

 autumn, but in a number of instances better results 

 are being obtained by farmers joining together and 

 handling their crops through a co-operative associa- 

 tion. The principal point to be borne in mind is the 

 necessity of so disposing of the crop that it will not 

 interfere with necessary fall work on the land, which 

 farmers cannot afford to neglect. 



In planting out an orchard first decide on the 

 varieties, not more than two or three, which it is 

 intended to grow for commercial purposes, and see 

 that good healthy young trees are obtained. 



For the commercial trade one of the best varieties 



