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ties unless we can produce something better than the Northern Spy, R. I. 

 Greening, Ribston Pippin or King ; but that argument only holds good in 

 districts where they can be profitably grown. In this part of the country 

 those sorts cannot be grown with profit, because the trees are not enduring 

 in this climate. Just about the time they begin to bear well they begin to 

 die. Some amateurs have contradicted this statement, but as they become 

 older they are taught by experience. This is a matter which is not to be 

 decided by ten or twelve years experience of a single mdividual. We 

 sometimes have a succession of mild winters, through which almost any 

 kind of apple tree survives ; but when severe winters come, as occasionally 

 they do, with the thermometer over 30*^ below zero, the lives of the half 

 hardy kinds are considerably shortened. It requires a lifetime's experience 

 to find out what kinds are most suitable for certain climates, therefore 

 beginners at fruit raising should be guided somewhat by the experience of 

 those who have gone through the mill, rather than be persuaded to pur- 

 chase whatever kinds travelling agents may be pleased to recommend. In 

 this part of the country we can grow apples of very fine flavor and high 

 color, but here apple trees can be valued only according to their adapta- 

 bility. 



Our great need is a hardy, long keeping, good shipping apple of first- 

 class quality and good appearance, with thick skin, in order to bear trans- 

 portation well. Whoever will produce such would be entitled to a very 

 large bonus. 



The Ben Davis possesses all the requisites except quality — the Bald- 

 win all except hardiness. It seems to me, there might be obtained a cross 

 between the Duchess and the Baldwin which would fill the bill. 



OUR GARDEN AND OUR WORK. 



By John Croil, Aultsville. 



®UR Editor asks me and asks you, reader, to meet him in his sheet and 

 take a turn at the wheel. What does the man mean ? Isn't he paid 

 to sit at that desk, day in and day out, from morn till night, and 

 write, till he has made that little magazine of ours as attractive as pen can 

 make it ? Paid, we admit, but have some doubts whether our payments have 

 been in just proportion to his labors, and the success that has accompanied 

 them. Not only by hisdetermined perseverance has our Association been freed 

 from a cumbrous debt, but our magazine from small beginnings has risen to 

 bear favorable comparison with the best horticultural papers of the day. 



But the best machinery will, overtaxed, give out. We'll have to confess 

 that it is our duty to strengthen his hands and encourage his heart. It 



