weiy few, if any, varieties as a moiiey maker, provided it is 

 marketed at the proper time, whieh I think is early in 



August, when the New York market demands a large green 

 .apple, I should follow it with Gravenstein, Wealthy, Fall 

 Pippin and Rhode Island Greening, all of which are produc- 

 tive and desirable lor almost any market. No commer- 

 cial, or even the home orchard, would be complete in my 



•estimation imless it contained the Mcintosh, Grimes Golden 

 and Jonathan. These three varieties all rank very high in 

 quality, and are especially calculated for a fancy box tra,de. 

 The Mcintosh is a particular favorite of mine; in fact 

 I regard it as one of the very finest apples I grow, all things 

 considered. It is not an easy variety to grow by any means, 



and I think much better of it for that one reason. I certain 

 ly would not advise any one to plant Mcintosh unless they 

 intended to give it the most careful spraying. 



I should follow these fall varieties with two or three 

 winter apples, namely, Rome Beauty, Stayman, — Wine Sap 

 and Delicious, 



This one fact must not be overlooked : there is develop- 

 ing in the East an increasing demand for apples of extra 



liigh quality, and the man who produces them is absolute!}" 

 certain to reap his reward. 



There are many minor details pertaining to commmer- 



•eial apple growing, especially if on« contemplates planting 

 the orchard, which I will discuss only briefly, unless there 

 are some questions later. 



Personally,. I prefer a well grown two year old tree. I 

 am iiot an advocate of the extremely low-headed trees. I 

 should say from two and one-half to three feet preferable 

 to either extreme, with the exception of a very few varieties 

 which are upright growers might be headed a trifle lower. 

 The distance of planting should be determined entirely upon 

 varieties chosen. A very serious mistake is sometimes made 



an New Jersey by planting too close. I believe the practice 

 of planting apple trees as fillers in the commercial orchard 

 is desirable, and it will be the means of securing a much 



