seven] out in the orchard 



thirty should be second grade; and thirty more 

 should go into third grade, or cider. Let no wormy 

 fruit lie in your orchard at any season of the 

 year, for the larvae of the moths will pass into the 

 ground, and make you future trouble. 



1 am in danger of keeping you too long in the 

 orchard. I love the sight and smell of apple trees, 

 as well as the sight and smell of the fruit. I have 

 a dozen sorts lying about my desk, flanking the 

 books and papers, and they are quite as beautiful 

 and fragrant as the nasturtiums in a great bowl 

 of water, and mignonette in a vase with a rosebud. 



I have intended this chapter to cover a wide 

 field; yet there is a wider field still opening before 

 the fruit grower. The government is enthusias- 

 tic over a new fruit produced by the experiment 

 stations in charge of the Agricultural Department. 

 This is a cross between the orange as it grows in 

 Florida and the hardy citrus which has been grown 

 successfully through the most of the apple belt. 

 This citrus, while yielding flowers of exquisite odor, 

 had given us no fruit for consumption. The new 

 variety is a thoroughly good dessert fruit, but of 

 small size. This, however, matters little; all we 

 wanted was to have the door opened in this 



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