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ness of Nova Scotia as a fruit-growing country and the profits 

 afforded by orcharding are a specially interesting feature to the 

 intending immigrant. Under 10 per cent, of the land suitable for 

 cultivating apples has as yet been planted. There are wild lands to be 

 had from $10 (2) to $50 (10) per acre, according to location ; none 

 better in the world for the purpose. It is proved that Nova 

 Scotia can produce superior commercial apples, such as the King, 

 Ribston, Blenheim, Fallawater, Golden Russet, Nonpareil and 

 Baldwins, of best flavour and highly coloured, beneath her bright 

 skies. The important fact should never be lost sight of that Nova 



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Scotia is nearer the British and other European markets than 

 any other part of the continent : and these markets are open for 

 almost an unlimited supply of such apples as come to their highest 

 perfection in Nova Scotia, which are much superior to the fruit 

 raised in the United States of America. For it is a firmly established 

 principle that only at the most northerly latitudes, where fruits 

 can be brought to their full maturity, is the highest development 

 to be reached and anything like perfection attainable. The life 

 of an apple tree in Nova Scotia is from 60 to 100 years, a very 

 great advantage over more trying climates, where from 20 to 

 30 years are all that can be counted on. Thus in Nova Scotia, 



