W<6 THE CANADIAN llORTlOULTL'itlST. 



Avill soon teach just how much pressure is needed to keep the fruit 

 from shaking about in transit. This is an important point, for nothing- 

 would sooner spoil a cargo of apples, or indeed of any other fruit, than 

 rattling about in the barrels or other packing cases. 



5th — Line both ends securely, for it is not an uncommon occut- 

 rence for the barrels to burst open with rough usage on the passage ; 

 and tighten all hoops, using only enough nails to hold them in place. 



6th. — Mark upon the head of the barrels the address of the consignee- 

 with a stencil plate, adding also some distinctive mark or monogram by 

 which the shipper may be known in the market. 



The reward of such care may not be reaped the first year or the 

 second, but in time a reputation may be gained that will command a 

 corresponding price for all fruit shipped. 



The King of Tompkins Apple. — This apple is proving itself very 

 desirable for cultivation in Ontario, at least on the Niagara peninsula ; 

 this season particularly, it has yielded an abundant crop of beautiful 

 fruit. It is supposed to have originated in Wayne County, New Jer- 

 sey, and has borne in different places the names. King Apple, Tom'» 

 Eed, and Tommy Red. AVe have seen it growing in Chenango Co., 

 N. Y., where it is accounted a very sparse bearer, but with us it has 

 yielded for more than one season an abundance only surpassed by 

 such heavy bearers as the Baldwin and Roxbury Russet. It has fewer 

 culls than the Northern Spy, which is the only lai-ge apple we would 

 rank superior to it in quality; the latter producing a gieat many small 

 uncoloured specimens on the under branches, while if the King hangs 

 until about the first week in October, every specimen will become 

 deeply shaded and splashed with crimson, and be uniformly large and 

 showy. So fine a size does it attain that we find it not uncommon tO' 

 fill a barrel with one hundred and eighty specimens of average size. 

 The flavor is exceedingly agreeable, being rich and vinous, making it 

 the best for cooking purposes ; its large size alone debarring it from 

 being also classed as best for dessert. It keeps nicely until February 

 ur even March, so that in this respect it has the advantage over the 

 hif>-hly esteemsd Esopus Spitzenburgh. 



As a market apple it is rising rapidly in favor. In Glasgow, where 

 red apples are very popular, the King commands the highest price, 

 and only this season has been quoted at from $5.00 to $7.00 per barrel, 

 which however it mav be wise to look upon " cum grano salts." 



