FRUIT.

Colonist, Volume XXV, Issue 3095, 25 February 1882, Page 3

FRUIT.

...., Thinning.—lt will pay to thin the frujb from,. oyerrloaded , trees, even thojugh it^'g'etting4ate: The'fruit that remains will be,of better size and quality, and "tbe benefitto "the tree, esp*cially"if"4t-i8 -you^g $ -will make-it pay for the labor of thinning. Marketing.—Too much care cannot be j exercised in having fruit put up i Vicb neatness. Tidy packages, neatly marked and filled with selected iruit, alvyaya bring a good price, even when | the1 market is full of inferior fruit. Ge£ and hold a reputation for uni* j forhaly good fruit, as it pays. Oider. — Windfall; apples may be utilised by making int%cider, which Will be of second-class •Phje best cider can only be made v^rom perfectly mature fruit later in the1' season. Those with a large orchard can profitably keep a Bmairmill and press for the purpose," ana* work "tip' thi apples as they accumulate;1 These ciqer mills are inatle of all^s.izes, an.d a ■mall one is not costly^- The outlay would be quickly returned ,|n.'.the marketable product of windfal^pd faulty apples that are now wasted?^';