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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY CO., YALESVILLE, CONN. 
portation in reaching foreign markets, make prospects bright for better profits m the future. 
During the last months of the year 1901, the Apple crop from some of the orchards 
in FrankHn and Kennebec counties in Maine, was sold for more money than the price for- 
merly asked for the farms on which they grew. 
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APPLES 
APPLES FOB HOME USE. Every owner of a home in the United States should grow 
Apples enough for his own use. By careful selection of varieties and by proper and in- 
telligent culture, a succession of fruit can be had covering nearly the entire year, and no 
fruit is so luscious as that picked fresh from one's own trees. 
APPLES FOR PROFIT. The planting of commercial orchards is simply a business prop- 
osition. It can be made to pay better than almost any line of out-door work, provided 
the grower does his work thoroughly, persistently and intelligently. 
VARIETIES. For family use it would be safe to plant any of the sorts named in this 
catalogue. In selecting varieties be governed by the experience of other orchardists m 
your locality, and by the suggestions of the nearest Experiment Station Plant young 
trees of staple, well-tried kinds, that succeed in your vicinity and you will be safe Plant 
sparingly of new and untried varieties until they have stood the test of time. There is 
not much choice between late fall and eariy spring planting. Either will succeed if the 
earth is thoroughly firmed about the roots. 
Dig Money in S\immer Apples at tKe RigKt Place 
Planters may well have a 
care as to their relation to the 
particular markets they will 
patronize. Commercial orchards 
need not b; all winter varieties 
to be profitable. Industrial cen- 
ters are crying for large quanti- 
ties of summer Apples and they 
are not able to get them. We 
have taken pains to find out, 
and we are told that in most 
centers there is a scarcity of 
good summer Apples in season. 
Astrachan, Transparent, Mc- 
intosh, Duchess, Gravenstein 
and Wealthy are the apples to 
select. There are none better. 
There is as much profit in these 
Apples in quantity as there is 
in winter varieties. 
Some may know the re- 
verse to be true, but it is true 
only when the average scabby 
culls are offered. The markets 
are full of these, but they are not 
Apples. Produce Apples, and 
the tune will change. Spray, 
and offer sound fruit in variety, 
and it will be profitable. 
WHEN YOU PLANT. At least 
three-fourths of the previous 
year's growth should be re- 
moved from the top of the tree 
at planting. It should be done 
with the idea of forming a 
pyramidal-shaped head ; the 
lower branches should be the 
longest; each cut should be 
made just beyond a bud. Should 
the top be spreading, cut to an 
inside bud, and if it is upright 
rut to an outside bud This This photoKraph shows three each of two Kra.les ot our 
cut to an outsiae DUQ. i nib ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ j .^^^ ^^.^^^^ ^he 
is of great importance, and ^^^^'^^ ^^^^ j ^„ 3 in,,!, ^^^^^^ Notice the handsome root 
should be carefully followed. system with which our trees are equipped. 
