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looked over with a view to a little pruning here and 

 there ; taking care to thin and regulate the spurs when the 

 plantation is thoroughly established, to cut in objec- 

 tionable stumps, and to 

 firmly tie the shoots 

 along the wire. These 

 should never be tied tight- 

 ly, so as to prevent their 

 free expansion ; but they 

 may be tied firmly with- 

 out incurring any such 

 danger. 



As the system is chiefly 

 valuable for the production 

 of superb dessert fruit, 

 only the finest kinds 

 should be selected; but, 

 as some apples are of high 

 value both for kitchen and 

 dessert, some of the finer 

 kitchen apples are included 

 in the following list of 

 such as will be found 

 very suitable : Reinette du 

 Canada, Reinette du Ca- 

 nada Grise, Reinette 

 Grise, Reinette de Caux, 

 Reinette d'Espagne, Rei- 

 nette tres Tardive, Belle 

 Dubois, Pomme d'Api, 

 Mela Carla, Calville St. 

 Sauveur, Coe's Golden 

 Drops, Newtown Pippin, 

 Calville Blanc, Northern 

 Spy, Melon-Apple, Cox's 



Orange Pippin, Duke of Devonshire, Kerry Pippin, Lodgemore 

 Nonpareil, White Nonpareil, American-Mother, Early Harvest, 

 Lord Burleigh, Beauty of Kent, Bedfordshire Foundling, Lord 

 Suffield, Cox's Pomona, Hawthornden, Tower of Glammis, 





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