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blackberries, tliimbleberries, red plums, 

 hucklebex-ries, and cranberries ; also 

 hazelnuts, when the bears will let them 

 alone. 



I forgot to say that some kinds of 

 grapes grow well here. Concords gen- 

 erally ripen, but I do not know of any 

 other kind fruiting, though the vines 

 are looking well. Trusting the above 

 will be acceptable, I am, sir, 



Yours re.spectfuUy, 



Aug. 30, 1887. H. C. GUY. 



Duchess, and the Whitney's No, 20, 

 are also quite hardy. 



FRUITS IN MANITOBA. 



Sir, — I find that in Manitoba there 

 is very little fruit gi'own — no apples, 

 no pears or plums, scarcely any cur- 

 rants or gooseberries. Some have cul- 

 tivated a few black currants, plants 

 taken from the woods, and the crop 

 has generally been good. 



If you could I'ecommend a good 

 apple that would stand our climate, I 

 could get it planted in a highly culti- 

 vated piece of land, and could report 

 progress. 



If fruits could be introduced more 

 quickly into this province than is now 

 the case, and articles or paragraphs 

 dealing with this province could be 

 introduced into your publication, there 

 might be many who would be glad to 

 pay the trifling subscription. 

 I am, yours truly, 



A. G. HEPWORTH. 



St. Laurent, Man. 



Note. — We shall be glad to intro- 

 duce from time to time notes upon 

 hardy fruits for the benefit of our 

 Manitoba friends, and shall be pleased 

 at any time to receive items of experi- 

 ence from them. 



One of the best of the hardy apples 

 in northern Ontario is the Wealthy, 

 and we should be glad to know whether 

 it would endure the neighborhood of 

 St. Laurent. It is a late fall, or early 

 winter apple. The Haas, the Tetofsky, 



DIRECTIONS FOR PACKING 

 APPLES. 



Two barrels of apples of the tirst 

 grade sell quicker, and for more money 

 than a three barrel mixture of these 

 two ban-els with another barrel of the 

 second grade. It pays better to market 

 only the finest fruit in the best possible 

 shape. 



Apples for marketing should be 

 picked from the ti-ee by hand, and 

 handled gently ; all that fall should be 

 discarded, even if they do not show any 

 bruise at the time. Discard everything 

 specked, or in any way faulty or imper- 

 fect. Pack in the best new barrels ; 

 dont use poor barrels. Marketable 

 apples will bring higher price enough 

 in neat first-class barrels to more than 

 pay the difference in cost. See that 

 the barrels are made, of well seasoned 

 wood, both heads and staves, so that 

 they will not warp and the beads come 

 out in transportation. 



Remove one head of the barrel ; 

 select uniform, fair average apples (not 

 the largest) and iiand pack them, stem 

 down, around the edge of the barrel ; 

 then another row inside the first, and 

 so on until the head is nicley covered 

 close and tight, so they will not shift ; 

 then put in about a half bushel more, 

 and shake the barrel carefully, so as 

 not to disturb the facing ; then add 

 another half bushel and shake as before, 

 and so on until the barrel is filled. It 

 is importajit to shake the barrel Jive or 

 six times while being filled, to settle 

 the apples into the closest space, to 

 prevent further settling in shipment. 

 Let the apples come up to the top of 

 the chime, la}' the head on, lean over 

 the ban-el, bear your weight on the 

 head and shake until every apple is 

 fixed into a shiftless place ; then use 



