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fifty cents a, barrel, but tbi^ is mncb below tbcii* average value. Tbe 

 avernge price received for Jip|)le8 from :iii orchard of twelve luiudred and 

 fifty trees, of which six hnmlred were Baldwin, four hundred IJox- 

 bury Russets, the reniaiuing two liumli-ed and fifty were of differ- 

 ent varieties, by a fruit grower near Rochester, N. Y., from 1871 to 

 1877 inclusive, was two dollars eighty-six and two-thirds cents per 

 barrel. If by this it is shown that one can afioi'd to grow apples, 

 the first tiling to be considered is the soil iuid location. An orchard 

 of any kind does better on high ground than on low, for various rea- 

 sons. The fruit buds are less liable to be injured in winter by thaw- 

 ing and freezing ; they will be kept from starting as soon in 8pi iiig, 

 so that there will be less danger of injury fiom late frosts. High 

 ground is ustuiUy well underdrained, and this is important, fu- fruit 

 trees of any kiiul will not do well where there is stagnant water 

 in the soil. A wet soil is to be avoided ; also one that is very sandy, 

 for a tree cannot put on a hcalthv growth on a wet soil, and in a very 

 sandy one if it grows at all it will be short lived. Land that will 

 grow good corn will usually grow good apples. Now comes the 

 question of variety, and here is where many msike a great mistake. 

 If one wants to raise apples for his own use, he si:ould plant so tluit 

 be will have them from the earliest to the latest ; bat if one intends to 

 grow fruit for the market, he shotdd select only those which bear 

 large crops and will sell well. The best varieties to jdant in this 

 section where we have a poor market for eaidy apples, (if one intends 

 to raise fruit to sell), are Baldwins, Roxbury Russets and Rhode Is- 

 land Greenings ; these three varieties will produce more fruit than any 

 other three varieties grown about here. The Baldwins will yield 

 more fruit per acre than any other variety we grow : it has one adva,n- 

 tage in the market over many other varieties on account of its color ; 

 for a red apple as a general rule sells better than one of any other 

 color. If the soil is suited to the Roxbury Russet so that it will not 

 grow knurly, (as the Russet to produce good fruit requires a stronger 

 and richer soil than many other varieties), it is one of the very best 

 apples to grow. It will keep until other apples are gone ; it bears 

 more or less every other year, and if kept till other kinds are gone it 

 will bring a fair price every year. 



The best varieties of early apples are Williams' Favorite, Red As- 

 trachan and Early Harvest for sour ; Golden Sweet and Sweet Bough 

 for sweet. The Williams' Favoi'ite is not as well known about here 

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