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the cultivation and uses of the apple are no 

 new things under the sun. Indeed, a fruit so 

 hardy, so productive, so easy of cultivation, 

 coming into maturity during so many months 

 of the year, and adapted to such numerous 

 uses, must ever be deserving of the first atten- 

 tion of the orchardist. 



The apple is cultivated both as a standard 

 and a dwarf. 



