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trees get older, necessitating heavy pruning, good fertilizing- 

 and thinning of the fruit. The season is September and 

 October. At the present time it is doubtful if any other 

 variety is more profitable than the Wealthy for Massachusetts 

 orchards. 



Mcintosh. 



This variety originated in Ontario, but has rapidly come to 

 the front in Massachusetts of late years, and probably no 

 other variety is more popular or more profitable at the present 

 time. The tree is a strong grower, very hardy, healthy ex- 

 cept for a tendency to be attacked by scab; comes into bear- 

 ing fairly early, say five or six years, and bears regularly and 

 annually thereafter. Some trees in the agricultural college 

 orchard have borne twelve successive crops. It makes an 

 excellent tree in shape, being one of the best in that respect. 



The fruit of the Mcintosh is wonderfully fine in color, with 

 beautiful white flesh, juicy and tender, and of the very highest 

 quality. It is in season in ordinary storage from October to 

 December, but under refrigeration much longer, and in any 

 case keeps extremely well for an apple of its season. The 

 fruit drops badly, necessitating several pickings if the best 

 results are to be secured. Doubts are sometimes expressed 

 as to whether the Mcintosh is not being overplanted in this 

 section, but it would seem that with an apple of this quality 

 put on the market at a reasonable figure, there would be a 

 chance to dispose of almost unlimited quantities. 



Baldwin. 

 This is a Massachusetts variety, having originated at Wil- 

 mington, near Lowell, and is the most generally grown of any 

 variety, and next to the Mcintosh is probably the most pop- 

 ular for this State. The tree is a strong grower, longJived, 

 and bears abundantly in alternate years. It is not especially 

 hardy, though it succeeds well in most parts of this State. 

 It comes into bearing in seven or eight years, and usually 

 bears very abundant crops biennially from that time forward. 

 The fruit is excellent in quality when well grown, of fine 

 color, of good size, and keeps well. In ordinary storage its 



