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examples to the free access of the air, it will be seen 

 that the nearer we can secure this the better will be 

 our result. 



We say sound fruit, for it is useless to put 

 spotted and worm-eaten apples or pears in the 

 keeping-room. These had better be put by and used 

 as soon as possible for whatever purpose they may 

 be fit, for whenever the air can get into the interior 

 of fruit by reason of abrasions, borings, &c, decay 

 soon sets in ; and now, while we are writing, we have 

 a quantity of apples with the plague-spot of rotten- 

 ness proceeding from their being " worm-eaten." 



2. In storing dessert apples these directions are 

 even more important. If, then, the farm should 

 produce one or several sorts in quantity, if they are 

 to, be disposed of, we would advise their sale to the 

 fruiterer with the onus of gathering and managing 

 them. Small farmers sometimes make no bad 

 addition to their income by thus disposing of fine 

 fruits, and we always advise that such should be 

 planted to a greater extent than is usually done 

 about farm homesteads. It is not a heavy matter 

 for the landlord to find a few sorts of choice fruit- 

 trees for his smaller or even larger holdings, and, 

 by thus adding to the comfort or even luxuries of his 

 tenants, he will be benefiting not only himself but 

 the country at large. We believe it to be a duty 

 incumbent upon the landed proprietor thus to foster 

 a love of fruits, and we honour the names of Knight, 

 of Downton, and Williams, of Pitmaston, in that they 

 loved to propagate new fruits, and to encourage their 

 dissemination. It is said by Mr. Benjamin Maund, 

 the author of " The Fruitist " :— 



