48 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



THE NOVA SCOTIA APPLE CROP OF 1889. 



A PROVINCIAL Crop Report of fruit and field crops, has been issued 

 ^^r\ by tiie Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture. The following table 

 shows the per centage of yield of apples in i88g by the twelve principal 

 market varieties, grown in Nova Scotian apple orchards. 



VARIETY OF APPLES. 



Nonpareil 



Golden Russet 



Blenheim Pippin 



Ben Davis 



Roxbury Russet 



Gravenstein 



Ribston Pippin 



King of Tompkin's County 



Baldwin 



Rhode Island Greening.. 



Blue Pearmain 



Bishop Pippin or Yellow Bellefleur. 



Per Cent. 



88 

 86 

 84 

 83 

 83 

 83 

 82 

 82 

 80 

 76 

 70 

 62 



Total average of all varieties 80 per cent. 



The prices obtained for fruit are reported as generally good ; but, in 

 consequence of the fruit maturing much earlier than usual, losses have been 

 sustained in marketing, and especially by agents who purchased largely for 

 export. Early ripening means imperfect keeping quality, for it is only fruit 

 that is not quite ripe that can be kept. At Canning, a central shipping port 

 in the apple district of Kings County, Ribstons and Kings have sold for 

 from $3.00 to $3.50 per barrel, Baldwins and Gravensteins for $2.25 and 

 $2.50. At Aylesford the prices ranged from $2.00 to $3.50, according to 

 quality. In Pictou County prices were good, compared with those of former 

 years. In Queen's County good winter apples sold for $2.50 per barrel. 



CARE OF FRUIT PAYS. 



THE men who succeed best, obtain the best prices, and who receive returns 

 every year, are those that take the best care of their trees and the 

 crops which grow on them. They do not shake ofFtheir fruit in gather- 

 ing, nor allow it to become small and wormy. They treat their orchards as 

 wellasthey do their corn and potatoes, manure them as freely, cultivate them 

 as carefully. They do not allow apples to become small and scabby from 

 over bearing, any sooner than they would allow a field of corn to fail by 

 planting three times too thick. Poor pears can hardly be sold for fifty 

 cents a bushel; the best, put up in the best condition, often bring from 

 three to five dollars, if marketed at the proper season. — C. Gentleman. 



