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Planting of Fruit Trees. 



[APRIL, 



attention to the information contained in this Report, such 

 dry cider can be made, though necessarily with more trouble 

 than is requisite for the production of a sweeter liquid. 



" In the future three brands of cider ought to be made, viz., 

 ' A,' extra dry, that is containing not more than 2 per cent, of 

 sugar ; 1 B,' dry, containing under 4 per cent, sugar ; and ' C/ 

 sweet, containing over 4 per cent, sugar. But it is worth bearing 

 in mind, that 5 per cent, of sugar represents one ounce of 

 solid sugar in every pint of cider, and those who like ' sweet ' 

 cider should realise this fact. It may account for much of the 

 evil effects sometimes attributed to cider drinking. There is 

 this advantage about dry cider. It contains more alcohol and 

 less sugar than ordinary cider, and is, therefore, far less liable to 

 ' go wrong.' The alcohol acts as a natural preservative, and the 

 small proportion of sugar renders other changes improbable. 

 The great difficulty is to prevent ' acetification,' and this can 

 only be done by keeping the cider so that the air cannot gain 

 access to it. 



" Landlords and tenants in cider-making counties should 

 combine to develop the capabilities of this industry, and strive to 

 retain for English agriculturists at least one source of income 

 which the foreigner has not yet taken from them." 



The Dents. Land. Presse of March 30 calls attention to 

 the very favourable results that have attended the planting of 

 fruit trees on a system that is somewhat 



Plan Tre g es°in FrUit noveL 0n S ood soi1 ' where the con " 

 Heavy Land- ditions of growth are satisfactory, it is not 



considered necessary to adopt the system, 



but on poor, heavy soil it is said to furnish results very superior 



to those yielded under ordinary practice. - A hole 3 feet deep 



and of the same width is first prepared, and, as the soil is 



filled in, it is interstratified by several layers of hedge brush- 



ings, or small brushwood. When within about 9 inches of the 



top the tree is planted in the usual way. The benefits of the 



