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and district. In visiting fruit shows a visitor may see a handsome-looking 
variety, and order some trees of it, to find afterwards it is not a good 
doer " in his district. My invariable advice to planters is : — " Unless 
yon already know, ascertain what varieties do well in the neighbouring 
orchards, and plant largely of these. A few others not so well known you 
should plant as an experiment. Then, instead of selecting from a specimen 
tree at your market, go to your nurseryman when the trees are in fruit ; 
he will be very pleased to show you his stock, and you can sample, as well 
as see, the fruits. The trees selected will be marked 'sold,' and reserved 
Fig, 130, — A Stunted 8-years-old Tree, 
for you, so that when you have your soil ready for planting, the nursery- 
man will take up the trees, despatch them at once, and their roots will be 
as short a time out of the ground as possible. Better trees can be obtained 
in this way, and planting can be done earlier m the season." 
Then the question arises, " Shall I plant early, midseason, or late 
varieties?" Here the planter must be guided by requirements. If just 
for home consumption, or for an assured sale all through the season, 
he must plant some of each section. If for a distant market, early and 
late varieties pay best. Midseason fruit sometimes does not pay for the 
carriage, owing to a glut in the market. In many districts the earliest 
varieties pay best, and are the most constant in bearing. Through the 
