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so. It bears very abundantly in alternate years, and little or 

 nothing in the odd years. Whether this tendency can be over- 

 come by thinning, or by some other treatment, remains to be 

 settled. The fruit is finely colored when well grown, of good 

 size, regular in form, and runs as a rule very uniform, with 

 comparatively few culls. It keeps well, the season being 

 from jSTovember to March in ordinary storage, and it stands 

 handling very well indeed. The quality is usually ranked 

 from good to above, when well grown, but a poorly grown 

 Baldwin is a poor thing. This point I think needs decided 

 emphasis, as some of our well-grown Baldwins are the equal 

 in color and attractiveness of anything grown in the famous 

 northwest. On the other hand, some of oiTr poorly grown 

 Baldwins are the equal of almost anything disreputable in 

 the apple line. The Baldwin is undoubtedly the most pop- 

 ular and profitable apple in ISTew England and TSTew York. A 

 point worth considering is that it is one of the best export 

 apples, particularly to England, where American-grown 

 Baldwins stand very high. This means that in years when 

 there is a large crop here we would have an outlet to foreign 

 markets. To sum up its good and bad points : — 



(2) Mcintosh. — Perhaps no other apple is more popular 

 at the present time or more largely planted, than the Mcin- 

 tosh, and in my opinion it deserves all its popularity. It be- 

 longs to the Eameuse group, having originated in Ontario, 

 Canada. The tree is a strong grower, hardy and healthy, one 

 of the finest that I know. The side branches come out at al- 

 most right angles, so that the tree will bear an immense load 

 of fruit without breaking down; the branches are well distri- 

 uted; altogether, it forms a beautiful tree. It comes into 



