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portance. One can but become well acquainted with varie- 

 ties of apples by intimate association with them. The man 

 •who works in a nursery comes to know the trees with the 

 iong crooked roots that dig hard, the varieties that bud 

 easily, that must be rootgrafted, that are most subject to 

 nursery diseases and pests. Tke tree agent knows the 

 straight handsome growing sorts that please the customer 

 as young trees whether they produce good fruit or not. 

 The grower knows the trees by the character of their 

 growth, their hardiness and productiveness. The buyer 

 .■and shipper get acquainted with their shipping qualities, 

 firmness, texture of skin, bruising, etc. The storage man 

 learns the differences in keeping qualities and the consum- 

 er gradually but surely learns that the bright red skin, of a 

 Ben Davis or a Gano may cover an interior of cork or mush 

 while the dull homely skin of a Domine may hide a flesh of 

 <;risp and juicy lusciousness. In the days which are rapidly 

 going, "Man looketh on the outward appearance of the ap- 

 ple," but tomorrow he will try its heart. 



Success in commercial fruit growing depends much up- 

 on the selection of the proper varieties. Varieties must be 

 so well adapted to their environment that they will be reg- 

 ularly productive and the fruit must be desirable in the 

 market. The planter must choose varieties to tit his condi- 

 tions. He will ascertain the more suitable kinds by con- 

 sulting his neighbors, the state experiment stations and the 

 standard books and bulletins and his markets. New varie- 

 ties should be tried sparingly and standard sorts relied up- 

 on. 



The varieties which we are recommending for the 

 southern part of New Hampshire and which should be satis- 

 factory under your conditions are, for summer kinds, Yel- 

 low Transparent, Duchess and Red Astrachan. For early 

 autumn,'William''s Favorite ; for standard autumn, Graven- 

 •stein, Wealthy and Mcintosh ; and for winter, Baldwin, 

 Ehode Island Greening and Hubbardston. In a very lim- 

 ited way we are advising growers to try out the Stayraau, 

 Delicious and Esopus Spitzenburg. 



Choosing Niirsery Stock 



Orders for trees and plants for spring setting should 

 he placed early. Many growers prefer to order in the fall 

 or early winter specifying delivery by a certain date m the 



