CULTURE FOR PROFIT. 



markets and have set themselves to work to meet those 

 requirements, and they have by careful study and scien- 

 tific practice been able to produce and place upon our 

 markets, thousands and tens of thousands of bushels of 

 apples of good quality, especially handsome in appearance, 

 regular in size, and uniform in quality. These find ready 

 sale, not only in large cities, but also in our provincial 

 towns, and even in onr country villages, at the very doors 

 of those who could grow just as good themselves, and 

 who are perhaps complaining of bad times, and the hope- 

 lessness of making corn growing pay. 



But the responsibility for this state of things is by no 

 means confined to the farmer, the lethargy of the land- 

 owners with respect to this matter is unaccountable. 

 They have been standing still with their tenants, and 

 supplying themselves with fruit from across the water, 

 instead of from their own lands. 



Apples that can be produced of such handsome appear- 

 ance and placed on our markets in such fine condition arc 

 sure to sell, and people will continue to buy until we can 

 supply them with a sufficient quantity of better fruit at 

 home. And that the quality of our fruit, of the best varie- 

 ties, when grown with care and scientific skill, is superior 

 to that from over the water is abundantly proved by the 

 much higher price invariably realized for such fruit. 

 Highly coloured skins do not always indicate the highest 

 quality inside, and most of the American fruits are dry 

 and woolly compared with the juicy lusciousness of our 

 own prime English fruit. The moral obviously is, that 

 those who grow tlie fruit must produce the highest 

 quality. The fruit must be cultivated, and not allowed 

 simply to grow. 



That a movement has set in in this direction is very 



