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of planting many kinds of apples tliat were not now suitable for 

 export, and the local consumption was so limited that they were 

 comparatively valueless. 



Mr. James Lang, of Harcourt, stated that he had considerable 

 experience as to the varieties of apples suitable for export to 

 foreign markets. He had followed the matter ever since the 

 Indian and Colonial Exhibition in 1866. The experience gained 

 proved that on the whole, given certain conditions, green fruit in 

 the shape of apples could be exported very successfully. He was 

 not able to see the consignment of apples that arrived from 

 England during the spring, but he believed that the apples sent 

 from England were the very early kinds, such as the Lord Suffield, 

 which was one of our own soft-fleshed early apples that were 

 thought too soft to export to England ; but the fact that they 

 could send the same apple from England to here showed 

 that we could start with some of our earlier apples, and 

 send them, say, in the beginning of January. He thought 

 we had confined ourselves too much to the later-keeping 

 apples. Last year, by way of experiment, he sent a few 

 cases of Emperor Alexander — the well-known, very large, showy 

 soft, fleshy apples (one that did not keep long after coming to 

 maturity). Those apples arrived in London in sound condition, 

 and fetched a good price. He also sent a few cases of Graven- 

 stein, another of our best summer apples — in fact, the best summer 

 dessert apple that we have. They also arrived in good condition. 

 Those, with the Lord Nelson and the Hollandbury, proved that if 

 we sent those early in the season — that is,, before they ripened on 

 the tree — and if they had proper treatment on board ship they were 

 bound to arrive in fair order in London. That would extend our 

 export season one month longer than it had been. They could 

 start in January, and keep it on till the middle of April. The 

 most suitable apple he had found that commanded a steady sale 

 in the London market and arrived in the best condition was the 

 Cleopatra. That is suitable for export more than any other, 

 because no matter in what condition it was plucked from the tree 

 it ripened and matured, and however green when picked it did not 

 shrivel and wither away but became a beautiful golden yelloV 

 colour. There is a number of varieties of the same apple — 

 such as the Nickajack — but their names are not well known in 

 the London market; and therefore for a few years, until the public 

 at home begin to know them, the demand would not be very great 

 and the price realized not so good. The Newtown and Sturmer 

 pippins are both well-known old English varieties, which always 

 sold well in the Enghsh market. The London pippin is 

 another well-known favorite there, and therefore good samples of 

 it sold readily. The Eome Beauty was comparatively unknown. 



