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the taste of the British public ; for, in comparison with Cox's Orange or 

 the old Ribstone Pippin of my boyhood, it is dry, chippy, and altogether 

 inferior. Possibly it will be said that the people who think this are old 

 fossils with no aesthetic taste — and it may be so. 



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Before closing I may state that the main fruit crop of British Columbia 

 is at present Apples, the prevailing varieties being ' Wealthy,' * King of 

 Tompkins,' 'Northern Spy,' 'Cox's Orange,' 'Newtown Pippin,' and 



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