It must be pointed out that the districts which have been able to ship large 

 quantities of favourite apples, such as Jonathan and Mclntosh, have been able to 

 command an average of 15 cents a box more than those districts which have but 

 limited quantities of such kinds ; and where there is a large proportion of undesirable 

 or " odd " varieties, the effect has been to depress the price of the good varieties 

 still further. In other words, the good varieties are used to sell the poor ones, 

 and the planter of the good varieties suffers by just that much. 



There is every reason for every district to limit its choice of varieties to not 

 more than a dozen, which will amply cover the market. The individual grower 

 should have not more than four or five if producing for car-load shipment. 



When an intending planter must make a choice between two kinds, and other 

 conditions appear reasonably equal, he should unhesitatingly choose that variety 

 which has been most largely planted in the district. If this were done, it would 

 materially assist in developing the production of the few best kinds. 



The intending planter can inform himself as to what varieties have been planted 

 most largely in his district. He is not able, however, to discover what are those 

 varieties largely planted in other sections which will come into competition with 

 him, and so is not in a position to judge whether any particular variety is liable 

 to be produced in more than market requirements, or is likely to be in particular 

 demand when his own come into bearing. On the question of the plantings made in 

 British Columbia and the North-west States, which are our chief competitors in 

 the box-apple trade, we have given this subject consideration, and in recommending 

 the varieties indicated in the list have kept the influence of other plantings 

 prominently in mind. 



(10.) How MANY KINDS TO PLANT. 



This depends much on conditions. If it is the question of supplying a local 

 market or a special market which requires . supply throughout the season, the 

 grower would do well to plant all those kinds which are recommended for his 

 district, even to the extent of seven or eight, or more. But for the greater part 

 of the plantings to be made in this Province, where the market is a distant one, 

 and where the fruit is to be handled co-operatively by the growers' organization, 

 it is infinitely better for each grower to restrict himself to from three to five 

 kinds. His first object in limiting the number of kinds is to enable him to study 

 each kind and so get the utmost out of it. 



We are reminded of a prominent pear-grower who said, after fifteen years' 

 experience in growing the Bartlett pear, that he hoped in another fifteen years 

 to understand just how that variety should be handled to best advantage in his 

 locality. This is an extreme case; but it is a fact that each variety has its 

 peculiarities, and that these peculiarities must be studied by the grower if he is 

 to master them, and to mould them to his own use. 



The kinds chosen must, however, be so adjusted as to make as even a demand 

 as possible on outside labour, referring particularly to the harvesting. In this 

 respect, it is better to have a series of varieties whose picking period extends 

 over two and a half months than to have a group of varieties which must all 

 be picked within two weeks. The question of supply of suitable labour is one 

 of the problems of our fruit business, and its solution by the individual can be 

 much facilitated by forethought in this connection. 



Aside from the labour of picking, to have a few kinds lessens the cost of 

 production in other ways, by lessening book-keeping, by lessening the amount of 

 skilled labour required in pruning, which naturally varies in different kinds, and 

 generally by all those little economies which come by producing a few things on a 

 large scale, rather than a large number of things on a relatively smaller scale. 



(11.) INFLUENCE OF TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES. 



Fruit may be marketed by road, water, or rail, or all three; but, in any case, 

 varieties must be chosen that will stand the transportation methods. It is practi- 



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