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with trifling exceptions, and even-where; yet 

 where a good local Apple is found, it would be 

 foolish not to grow it when it is of great value. 



In choosing varieties for planting, the habits of 

 the trees must be kept distinctly in view, with 

 freedom of bearing and general usefulness of the 

 fruit. Some of the most handsome Apples seen at 

 exhibitions are not the most profitable to grow ; and 

 varieties that bear most abundantly on very small 

 trees do not continue profitable for many years, 

 but are soon " worn out", especially in dry dis- 

 tricts, and where the soil is not of the best kind for 

 fruit culture. For practical purposes it will sufiice 

 to arrange a few useful varieties in three groups, 

 namely, early bearers for bushes, productive 

 medium-sized standards for gardens, and large 

 standards for orchards. 



Early Bearers for Bushes. Early Apples 

 grown on the Paradise stock are the first to yield 

 profit, and as they are sold direct from the tree, 

 the trouble of storing is avoided, and they are 

 placed in the market before the arrival of large 

 consignments of fruit from distant lands. 



For cooking the following are good: 1, Lord 

 Sufneld. though it cankers in some soils and may 

 possibly be superseded by 2, Lord Grosvenor ; 3, 

 Ecklinville Seedling ; 4, Stirling Castle ; 5, Xew 



