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Apple Culture. 



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at an earlier date than mangolds, because they have, as a rule, 

 attained a higher degree of maturity when they are harvested. 

 In feeding they may be used to furnish succulent food for 

 young horned stock, fatting beasts or sheep, especially ewes, 

 but many growers have found them unsuited to cows in milk. 

 Experiments at the Wye College indicated that when fed ad lib. 

 to sheep with cake and corn, the sheep eat about twice as much 

 mangold as sugar beet, and thrive rather better on the mangold* 

 Sugar beet should always be sliced or pulped, otherwise, being 

 rather tougher fleshed than mangolds, the animals leave a good 

 deal of waste. 



A. D Hall. 



APPLE CULTURE. 



The condition of apple culture generally in this country 

 cannot be said to be satisfactory. There are some shrewd 

 cultivators who manage their trees well, and generally get 

 good crops, but a very great increase in the supply could 

 undoubtedly be brought about. The information given below 

 is the result of many years' practical experience, and although 

 it is impossible to deal at any length with the minor details of 

 the subject, it is hoped that sufficient information will be given 

 upon the broad principles of apple culture to prove of substan- 

 tial assistance to cultivators. 



Situation. 



If possible, land well above the level of streams, but not 

 so high as to be fully exposed to the prevailing winds, should 

 be selected. Land that slopes gently to the south-west and is 

 sufficiently sheltered is best, if other conditions are favourable, 

 as land inclining in this direction does not receive the full rays 

 of the sun in the early morning before the temperature has 

 risen. Consequently, the blossoms of the trees are not so liable 

 to suffer in frosty weather, as the temperature rises gradually 

 before the full rays of the sun shine upon them. 



