FOR PROFIT. l8l 



the public is fast being educated to distinguish between 

 good and inferior fruits, and growers will find their 

 future profit to lie in producing examples of the finest 

 sorts from young trees, preferably dwarf Apples on 

 Paradise, or Pears on Quince Stocks. 



At present, colour is the marked factor in Apples 

 more than quality, red and yellow being chosen for 

 dessert, and green and golden for kitchen sorts, and 

 expert observers will notice that this excludes many 

 of our best flavoured fruits, which being russety, or of 

 a nondescript appearance, do not sell on the market 

 boards, though where quality is asked for they cannot 

 long remain unknown. We may look also to improved 

 methods of packing to secure higher prices. Instead 

 of the half-sieve (four gallons) and the sieve (bushel) 

 baskets, choice fruit should be boxed and placed in 

 punnets and suitable packages, so that on reaching 

 its destination it need not be again handled in 

 serving purchasers. Many advocate a non-returnable 

 wooden box, such as is used for oranges. A start has 

 been made with ripe Gooseberries, White Currants, 

 and Raspberries in punnets, and good prices result. 

 The best Strawberries are of course marketed in 

 ^-Ib. and i-lb reputed punnets. I think also that the 

 use of artificial manures suitable for special soils 

 and crops, must engage the attention of growers in the 

 future. It is evident, that from the use of kainit, soot, 

 fish guano, basic slag, and rich portable manures 

 the fertility of the land must be increased and 

 retained, while with such manures, the crop of weeds 

 which so often follows the use of stable manure may 

 be avoided. There is another way in which growers 

 should copy American producers, and that is by 



