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Then we have the Wagener, which is coming into favor. It 

 wants to be very highly fed or it will bear itself to death. It 

 seems to be a tree that doesn't take up its food as readily as 

 others, wants to be coddled. 



The Ben Davis, as a rule, I think, you can grow it better than 

 we. If they could get it from the Western farmers in London, 

 there would be no call for ours. 



The Mann. Then we have one or two English apples that are 

 very much liked over there. Cornish Aromatic. You may 

 keep it until next June and it will be just as good flavor as 

 to-day ; it is a good bearer but has a feeble habit of growth. 



The other is Cox's Orange Pippm, over there it is considered 

 the highest class apple on the market for dessert. It has a very 

 high flavor, and is in season from the first of December until 

 February. It is rather a small tree and a feeble grower, but 

 is one of those trees that requires very high culture, and it wants 

 well-drained, warm, light soil. 



Then we have the Ohio Nonpareil, an American apple, that I 

 think would be well for you to test. I think you would call it 

 a good apple. 



Q. Is it an apple that will hang on the tree and not drop very 

 much ? 



A. It will hang on as well as the King, you might mistake 

 it for a King. 



Q. A better bearer than the King? 



A. That depends, we usually consider the King the better of 

 the two. I find that we consider the King a better bearer than 

 you do in most parts of the United States. 



Q. Do you give the King high culture? 



A. Yes, but not higher than the Ribston. Those who get 

 the highest culture are those which bear the best. 



Q. How deep as a rule do you plow? 



A. A tree that is four or six inches through has usually got 

 its roots all over the soil. But when an orchard is first set out, 

 we put the plow down just as deep as we can. I have plowed 

 eleven inches deep, but not very long. 



O. How far apart do you set your trees? 



A. Our rule is thirty-three feet. 



Q. In starting your trees from the nursery you let it run 

 run right up to one limb ? 



