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privilege of exemption from postage is extended. Our work, of course, is to 

 distribute information which will tend to develop the fruit growing industry in 

 our country, and mere business details should be left to those who buy and sell. 

 Our Association has no interest whatever in buying and selling of fruit ; our 

 work is purely educational. We had thought, however, that the publication of 

 such a bulletin might be of much real advantage to a large number of our 

 members. 



Keeping Fruit in Winter. — Dr. Hoskins writes a very sensible article in 

 the Garden and Forest upon this subject. He says that an apple makes as 

 much as one quarter of its growth while its seeds are coloring, and, therefore, it 

 is not wise to gather them before this change takes place ; but, as soon as the 

 seeds are fully colored, it begins to deteriorate if left hanging, and, therefore, the 

 gathering should be pushed as speedily as possible when the fruit reaches this 

 point in its maturity. 



When the fruit is carefully gathered, the question of keeping resolves itself 

 into a question of temperature. The fruit cellars thould be kept as near as 

 possible to the freezing point. 



It is important to avoid leaving the apples, after they are picked, exposed to 

 the hot sun, the effects of which would be to ripen them very rapidly and very 

 much lessen their keeping qualities. 



Peaches on Clay. — The Country Gentleman criticises our statement that 

 peaches will not succeed upon clay soil. The editor states that his finest 

 peaches came from trees which grow on heavy clay soil. This may be true in 

 exceptional cases, especially where the soil has been well drained and well culti- 

 vated, but under ordinary circumstances, we should never advise our readers to 

 plant peaches upon clay soil. We have all varieties of soil at Maplehurst and 

 have repeatedly put peaches upon heavy land ; but invariably they have suc- 

 cumbed early to yellows, and the fruit, although highly colored, has been small 

 in size. Of two orchards which we planted fifteen years ago, one upon clay loam 

 and the other upon sandy loam, the former was entirely cleared out about five 

 or six years after planting, while many trees of the latter are still in good health 

 and bearing abundantly. We shall be glad to hear further testimony from any of 

 our readers who have had experience in growing peaches upon heavy soil. 



The Burlington Fruit Grovv^ers' Association visited Maplehurst in a 

 body. They are a wide-awake company of fruit growers, and many of them 

 are quite largely engaged in the business. Such an Association as this might be 

 profitably formed in many parts of the country, much to the mutual advantage 

 of its members. During the winter time they hold monthly evening sessions of 

 their Association, at which one member reads a paper giving the results of his 



