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out. How large do yon let them grow before you begin to 

 thin them out? 



Mr. Eaton : I have not begun to thin the trees, and shall 

 not for some time yet. That is something that I have not 

 done mueh of. I have Wagners planted 320 trees to the 

 acre, or I should say they alternate with the Burbank plums. 

 The W'agener trees are now seven years old. 1 am aware 

 that most persons would regard this as much too thick, but 

 I think there is still room or 320 more and yet a chance for me 

 to do my cultivation. Now. gentlemen, I want you to under- 

 stand particularly that I am not recommending such an 

 intensive system of planting to you. I know of no one in 

 my Province who has planted as thickly as this, and I know 

 it will be regarded by most everyone of you as extremely 

 heterodox. I am trying an experiment. I would not plant 

 any other variety than the Wagener so thick. There is 

 nothing to lose because I consider it is feasible to have trees 

 that are even as old as eight, ten or twelve years transplanted. 

 I have satisfied myself on that. I have been successful in 

 doing this work for some years. 



]Mr. Hoyt : What kind of a package do you use, that is, 

 what way do you find the best in putting up your apples for 

 market ? Do you usually ship in boxes or in barrels ? 

 I have been in Boston and have seen quite a few Graven- 

 steins that were sent from Nova Scotia, that is, especially in 

 the last tvvO or three years. 



Mr. Eaton : We usually ship in barrels, using barrels with 

 flat hoops. 



Mr. Hoyt : I asked the commission men in Boston how 

 it was that they sold them put up in boxes. I noticed that 

 they turned them out of the barrels and were evidently put 

 into boxes, and I thought that if there was a demand in the 

 market for them put up in that way, it was a little strange why 

 the Xova Scotia men did not ship them in box packages. 



I understand you to say that you usually ship in barrels. 

 \\'hat size barrels do you use? 



Mr. Eatox : Taking the ])rovince at large, there has been 

 a little difficulty in getting a uniform size barrel, or a uni- 

 formly nuule liarrel. We are rather proud of the packages 



