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Hints for the Month. 



Storino Apples. — ^\'e read in many 

 of our contemporary fruit journals, 

 advice about stoi-ing apples and pears 

 in bins, or on shelves and trays, so as 

 to be easily accessible. We have never 

 favored this mode of keeping these 

 fruits, even for home use. In the first 

 place, because we do not find them to 

 keep as well ; and, in the second, be- 

 cau.se in most cellars almost every 

 variety will shrivel more or less. 



All fruit keeps best in close, air-tiglit 

 barrels, and the more perfectly they 

 can be kept from the influence of the 

 atmosphere, the more e.vcellent the 

 state of preservation in which they will 

 open out when needed. 



The Coiuiirij (rnitlciiKDi, however, 

 recommends a modification of the tray 

 system which migiit prove useful for 

 pears needed for table use, especially 

 if the fruit were packed in the trays 

 with line haidwood sawdust. The 

 trays are made one foot and a-half by 

 two feet, and with a depth slightly 

 more than the height of the specimens 

 they are to contain, tiius : 



For apples the trays should be at 

 least three and a-half inches deep. 



These trays may be piled in the cellar 

 in vertical piles, the bottom of one tray 

 serving as a cover for the one below 

 it, as shown in the illustration : 



Such trays may be made in the 

 winter season, and be ready for use at 

 the busy season when they would have 

 a ready sale. 



Low Land for Apple Trees. — A 

 writer in the Ajnericnn Garden claims 

 that low land, naturally well drained, 

 is best adapted to favor strong growth 

 and fruitfulncss of the apple and pear. 

 The arguments are l)ased upon the cal- 

 culations of Prof. Burrill, of the 



