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ing, or drying, and unfit for the dessert; these points 

 should all be duly considered. 



The Market or Commercial Orchardist must exercise 

 the same discrimination in the selection of his varieties, 

 adapting them to the mode of culture he intends to pur- 

 sue and the market he intends to supply. In the imme- 

 diate vicinity of large cities and towns, where the or- 

 chardist may carry his fruit to market in a few hours, 

 the most profitable culture will, generally speaking, be 

 summer and early autumn fruits, or such as require to be 

 consumed immediately after maturity, and are unfit for 

 distant transportation. Early apples and pears only will 

 be profitable for him, because the autumn and winter va- 

 rieties can be sent so easily from the most distant portions 

 of the interior with such facilities as our present system 

 of railroads, plank roads, canals, and steamboats afford. 

 In addition to early apples and pears, his position gives 

 him great advantages for the profitable culture of all the 

 stone fruits, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, grapes, 

 and such soft fruits, when intended to be disposed of in a 

 raw state. 



The Market grower of the interior will find his most 

 profitable culture to be principally, autumn and winter 

 apples and pears, to which he may add quinces; because 

 all these can be packed and transported to a great dis- 

 tance with safety, and the comparative cheapness of his 

 lands enables him to compete advantageously with those 

 more favorably situated in regard to market. lie can 

 only cultivate the summer fruits with a view to drying 

 or preserving, or for the supply of a local demand. All 

 orchard fruits, intended for profitable orchard culture, 

 should be first, in regard to the trees, hardy, vigorous, 

 and productive. The fruits should be of good size, fair 

 appearance, good keepers, and of good quality. It should 



