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are discontinued. During the growing 

 season the orchard is cultivated once every 

 10 days until July 1, when a cover crop of 

 clover or rape is sown to lipen off the 

 wood of the tree before the fall and to 

 colour up the fruit. 



The export of apples from Quebec 

 started in 1896. Boxes were used for 

 Duchess, Fameuse, Wealthy and Mcintosh, 

 and bari'cls were used for Golden Eussets 

 and Canadian Eeds. The packing in boxes 

 has now proved itself a good practice. 

 There are now in Quebec Province 1| mil- 



lion trees in bearing, and nearly another 

 million non-bearing trees. There are 36 

 fruit stations in the Province, established 

 by the Provincial Government, from which 

 advice may be obtained and where dif- 

 ferent tests are being carried out. There 

 are seven demonstration orchards, in 

 which spraying, pruning, cultivating, &c., 

 are shown. These have been a success 

 everywhere. Shipping experiments are 

 tried and new markets sought; 1,235 

 demonstrations were given in different 

 orchards in one year. 



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