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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 i 

 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, 



