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Wealthy rejected. I have sold the 

 Wealthy to be shipped to England the 

 last two or three years. Last year I 

 sold ten cases packed in the Cochrane 

 case — like an egg box — each case will 

 hold about a bushel. I sold them for 

 -$.3.50 a case (case included,) in Mon- 

 treal, for export to England. The 

 buyer secured them in the month of 

 June. I told him he would have to 

 pay me a good price, because only the 

 very best of them are put in cases ; so 

 that when you consider it is picking the 

 best of your crop, and considering the 

 carefulness with which they have to be 

 handled, and the carefulness with which 

 the cases have to be handled, it was not 

 .so high, still they paid me very well. 



Keeping Fruit. 



The great secret for preventing de- 

 cay in fruit through autumn and win- 

 ter, is to preserve a uniformly low tem- 

 perature. If changing and fluctuating, 

 they quickly rot. Currents of air are 

 bad, because they make changes in 

 temperature. We find that apples keep 

 longer in winter by merely wrapping 

 each specimen in tissue paper and thus 

 excluding air. Hence the advantage 

 of packing in any soft, powdered sub- 

 stance, as dry sawdust, bran, ground 

 plaster, or bedding in moss. On a 

 large scale this cannot be done, and 

 large fruit rooms must therefore be 

 kept cool without changes of air. 

 Much may be accomplished by ventil- 

 ating windows, admitting cold air in 

 the night, and excluding warm air in 

 the day time by closing them. These 

 remarks apply more particularly to ap- 

 ples and pears, and also to grapes. 

 They would also apply to small and 

 perishable fruits, if it were an object 

 to keep them, but the common practice 

 is to consume them while fresh. — Coun- 

 try Gentleman. 



An 



Bearing Apple Trees. 



experienced eye will detect 



the small fruit. Bearing trees have a 

 peculiar look to them. Tiiey lack the 

 dark green foliage that an apple tree 

 in full vigor has put on by midsummer 

 when not burdened by a coming crop. 

 Fruit-bearing is exhaustive, and a 

 bearing tree needs liberal supplies of 

 mineral manures to perfect its fruit. 

 Potash is important in making the 

 seeds, and with an overloaded tree may 

 be applied in solution any time in July 

 for late ripening fruits with advan- 

 tage. 



Prospects. 



Prof. French predicts a considerable 

 mortality in apple orchards next year 

 in consequence of the severe and pro- 

 tracted drouth of summer and fall. 

 Something will depend upon the sever- 

 ity of the winter. If the ground had 

 frozen before heavy rain falls, no doubt 

 the death of both fruit and forest trees 

 would have been a heavy one ; but the 

 ground is now wet down as far as the 

 roots extend, and in the event of a 

 mild winter, we may hope that the loss 

 will not be a very large one. — Fruit 

 Groxoers Journal. 



whether an orchard is in bearing or 

 not at a distance far too great to see 



The Apple Industry in Michigan. 



The apple industry is undoubtedly 

 diminishing in many parts of the State. 

 The old orchards are beginning to fail 

 and new ones are not being set to any 

 extent. Although prices for apples 

 have been low for the last few years, 

 there is every reason to believe that 

 an orchard of moderate extent if in- 

 telligently managed, will add a reliable 

 source of income to the general farmer. 

 There are hundreds of orchards 

 throughout the State which are not 

 bearing but which could be brought 

 into fruitfulness for a number of years 

 by vigorous culture. There is no doubt 

 but that judicious pruning, good tillage 

 and liberal manuring will maintain or 

 restore the fertility of most orchards. 

 Some orchards are now, of course, too 

 old to rejuvenate. There may be 



