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containing a total of nearly 20 per cent, of nutritive value. Apple pomace has 

 a higher nutritive value than roots. It can be preserved in a silo, where, although 

 it will lose some of its nutritive value by fermentation, enough will be left to pay 

 for all the trouble of saving it for pig food. The fermented pomace, he does 

 not consider fit for milch cows, and even for hogs he would give with it some 

 carbonaceous food, as, for instance, a few ears of corn. 



We have just received from Messrs. Woodall & Co., Fruit Brokers, Liverpool, 

 a very interesting diagram, showing the weekly flunctuations of Canadian and 

 American Baldwins apples in the Liverpool market during the last five seasons. 

 It is interesting to notice that in the season of 1888-89, when the total export to 

 Great Britain was about a million and a half barrels, 841,060 were received at 

 Liverpool, and Canadian Baldwins that year reached their highest price in the 

 month of March, which was 14^-. 6d. Canadian Baldwins averaged their lowest 

 that year of any of the five. In April, 1887, they reached 25^. 6d. ; in April, 

 1888, 21.?. 6d. ; in April, 1890, 33J. ; in April, 1891, 275. The total "number of 

 barrels received in Liverpool during season of 1890-1, was 263,058 out of 451,- 

 000 imported into Great Britain. The largest received in one month was in 

 November, amounting to 88,coo barrels. 



From this diagram it would appear that throughout this whole time Canadian 

 Baldwins have sold at a higher price than either New York, Maine or Boston ; 

 the next highest, being those from Maine. No doubt this is owing to the better 

 keeping qualities of the apples grown toward the north. 



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QUESTIONS ON PLUM CULTURE. 



Sir, — I have an orchard of plum trees ; they grow too much to wood, producing as muc 

 as three feet per year. Put nothing on them but plenty barnyard manure, chiefly horsi- 

 manure. They look healthy, and quite free from knot, but as they are the Moore's Arctic, 

 dwarfed, and five years planted, they should bear abundantly ; they do not, howevei . 

 What is the cause ? How can I remedy the difficulty ? Have sufficient quantity of treis 

 to produce one thousand bushels fruit. Where can I find market at the best price ? Do«.s 

 the Moore's Arctic find ready sale? What is the average price per bushel for plums, by 

 the wholesale ? Is crude potash good for plum trees ''. How best put on ? When ? Ho\» 

 much per acre ? Name some reliable dealers in fertilizers. 



Z. X. Y., Chartottetown, P. E. I. 



We would be pleased if some of our readers who have had large experience 

 in the growing of plums, would give a full reply to the above question. 



There is no doubt that an excessive use of barn-yard manure will cause a large 

 amount of wood growth, and tend to make the trees unproductive in consequence. 



