THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



on a season, including the Bartlett pears; and 

 profits have run up as high as $600, which, I 

 think, is especially good for an old orchard 

 from which we had not expected any income. 

 The majority of trees are winter fruit 

 Northern Spies, Roxbury Russets, Spitzen- 

 bergs, Rhode Island Greenings, and Bald- 

 wins, with just a few trees of what our neigh- 

 bors call Harvesters, a delicious apple, fine, 

 juicy, with a crisp, clean sweetness which is 

 most appetizing when eaten raw. Baked, 

 boiled, or stewed, it retains its flavor, and be- 

 comes a uniform, puffy jelly, almost trans- 

 parent, and just the shade of amber to blend 

 with thick cream. 



GATHERING AND MARKETING 



As gathering and packing is of paramount 

 importance in keeping fruit, either for home 

 use or for market, it must be carefully exe- 

 cuted. It is not possible to give positive dates 

 for gathering the different varieties, because 



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