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The Main Crop of Apples will now require gather- 

 ing ; but do not hurry the work, as the few fruits that 

 first drop may be maggoty, and perfect maturity 

 is needful when Apples are stored a long time. They 

 should always be stored dry. If prices are fairly 

 good, they may perhaps pay well to market from the 

 tree ; but Bramley's Seedling, Lord Derby, Newton 

 Wonder, Wellington, will pay to lay in; while Cox's 

 Orange, and choice desserts also will repay any extra 

 trouble. Choice Pears must be laid singly. All 

 stored fruit must be looked over on wet days, and 

 all rotten examples removed before they spoil the 

 sound fruit touching them. 



The Main Crop of Nuts will now be ready to gather 

 i'see notes, Chapter XIII). 



As before stated, when a Developed Tree has been 

 cleared of fruit, the Pruner should at once attend to 

 the thinning of the branches and spurs, and old trees 

 are greatly benefitted by a dressing of kainit, 5~cwt. 

 per acre. In the future, only best fruit will command 

 a price. If this pruning is done now while the days 

 are comparatively long, it will pay well for attention, 

 and wounds heal somewhat before winter sets in. 



Red and Black Currants may be pruned now, but 

 Gooseberries will be better left till February, as the 

 Bullfinches are apt to thin the buds too much where 

 the trees are reduced by early pruning. Where Big 

 Bud exists in Black Currants it can be plainly seen 

 when the leaf falls, and the buds should all be care- 

 fully picked oif and burnt straight away. 



This is the month for the Hardy Fruit Shows, and 

 they are most interesting ; but the grower for market 

 must be cautious, and not be led away by size, colour 



