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Apples for Different Districts. 



[APRIL, 



the State Government went to considerable expense in import- 

 ing zebu cattle from India. The State Government bears all 

 transport charges, including the insurance of animals imported 

 for stud purposes, and the Federal Government grants exemp- 

 tion from duty. 



In the case of the State of Parana, the British Vice-Consul 

 observes that there is no importation worth mentioning of 

 improved breeds of live stock from the United Kingdom, 

 chiefly on account of the greater advantages offered to breeders 

 by the Argentine Republic. The country, though suitable for 

 agricultural and breeding purposes, is not sufficiently developed 

 for stock ranges at the present time. 



It may also be noted that the Brazilian budget provides for 

 an expenditure of 3,000,000 milreis for the promotion of a 

 National Exhibition of Agriculture, Industries and Fine Arts 

 in the Federal capital. All the agricultural implements, 

 tools, machinery and accessories which were admitted in 1906 

 and 1907 at a reduced rate of duty of 5 per cent, ad valorem 

 when imported for their own use by agricultural syndicates, 

 or directly by agriculturists, cattle breeders or by State or 

 municipal administrations, are to be admitted under the same 

 conditions on payment only of a registration charge of 2 per 

 cent. (See Board of Trade Journal, 20th February, 1908.) 



In connection with the article on apple culture which 

 appeared in this Journal for January, 1905, the Board think 

 it may be useful to give a list of varieties 

 Varieties of Apples of apples which are considered by experts 

 suitable for Different to be suitable for planting in different 

 Districts. parts of the country. A selected list of 



dessert and cooking varieties has therefore 

 been compiled, on the advice of Mr. George Bunyard and 

 Mr. W. Goaring, from British Apples* and from an article in 

 the Journal of Horticulture, 7th November, 1907, which gave 

 the opinions of a number of growers as to the most desirable 

 varieties for private gardens, and included the result of an 

 election of market varieties made during the previous year. 



* Report of the Committee of the National Apple Congress held in the 

 Royal Horticultural Gardens, Chiswick, October 5th to 25th, 1883. Com- 

 piled and prepared by Mr. A. F. Barron. 



