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CHAPTER VI. 



APPLES FOR PROFIT. 



A Paper read at the Chiswick Apple and Pear Conference, 1885, 

 By Mr. George Bunyard, V.M.H. 



The commercial growth of Apples for market is, I 

 fear, too frequently entered upon hap-hazard, because 

 many start in the enterprise without sound information. 

 Beginners fight shy of the growers of trees for sale, 

 under the unfair notion that they recommend those 

 kinds of which they hold a stock; or they procure the 

 "tip" from salesmen in the various markets, who, as 

 far as they can (and in good faith), give them the 

 names of the kinds that sell well ; fruits, so to speak, 

 which dispose of themselves by their names or 

 appearance. Many choice Apples, however, produce 

 but a small crop, or are so long in coming to a state 

 of profitable production that planters get discouraged ; 

 other kinds may be recommended which are very 

 slow growers or rarely make good orchard trees, and 

 thus land is not fully utilized. As the markets are 

 supplied from a large area, salesmen have but a general 

 idea of the suitability of sorts to a district, and hence 

 much valuable time may be lost. I venture to give a 

 few hints as to the formation of a profitable Apple 

 orchard^ or plantation, where the return shall be 

 speedy, and yet in the future, for half a century, shall 

 maintain good results. The first operation is the 



