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These meetings for discussion will ))e the more interesting and valu- 

 able the more those who attend tliem accurately oljserv^e the facts that 

 come within the range of their individual observations and experiences, 

 and come to the meetings prepared to impart what they have gathered. 

 We remember hearing a very successful grower of grapes say, when 

 asked about the cultivation of them, that he did not know anything 

 about growing grapes. The trouble with him was that he supposed 

 that everyone knew all that he did on the subject, and merely meant 

 that he had no special method peculiar to himself. He was far too 

 mcxlest; experience had taught him nmch that others did not know, 

 and it is the giving out of this experience from all that increases the 

 knowledoe of alL 



THE GEAVENSTEIN APPLE 



Those readers of the Canadian Horticulturist who are best 

 acquainted with this apple, Avill fully corroborate anything that can 

 be said in its praise. It derives its name from the place of its birth, 

 Gravenstein, in Hoi stein, Germany, and has the reputation of being 

 one of the best apples of Northern Europe. The reputation it enjoys 

 there has been fully maintained by it in America, and here it ranks 

 as one of our very best and most valuable October apples. It has been 

 widely disseminated throughout the Dominion, and is highly esteemed. 

 The trees thrive well in Nova Scotia, and certainly in a large part of 

 Ontario, having been reported as bearing fruit in the county of Renfrew. 

 They are of an upright habit, stout bodied, and form large, spreading 

 heads; come into bearing early, and are very productive. 



The fruit is of large size, and when ripe is of a bright-yellow color, 

 most beautifully striped and splashed with various shades of red and 

 orange. The flesh is tender, crisp, and juicy, with a high aromatic 

 flavor ; in quality ranking " best." It is excellent as a cooking apple, 

 and as valuable for the dessert, pleasing to the eye by reason of its 

 beauty, and delighting the palate with its exquisite flavor. In the 

 markets it always commands the highest price of any of its season, 

 and on that account may be profitably grown in limited quantity for 

 a convenient market. 



