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Show .- I HOPTin i ii iDF Value of Style In Fruit. P,,.0n a'!,in N'cwl". Chicago fruit c "'mission merchant, in a paper contributed con-tributed to tho last session of the Illinois state horticulturists, said: . quality pays; stylo pays still better; bet-ter; and both together best of all. You Blowers know this, but probably wo doalora realize It oven moro fully, 'or Instance, recently wo received a carload of apples most of which sold iu ?9 per barrel, but In that car wore somo that sold at $1.50 por barrel. Both wero called No. 1, but tho ?9 apples ap-ples wore high In flavor and color, and perfect as to shape, put up In an attrnctlvo packngo and flnoly packed. The $1.50 apples wore sound, but were dull and uninviting In color, of poor flavor and put up In a slovenly look-lug look-lug package and wero poorly packed. Wo sold Seckol pears at $8 and $2 per barrel this fall on tho same day, and wo got full price on both. It wns quality and stylo that mado tho difference. differ-ence. Not once, but many times wo havo sold Jonathans, sound and freshly fresh-ly received tho samo day nt $2 and ?10 per barrel. In fact, this very thing Is one of tho chief annoynncos of our trade. I-'ow shippers rcallzo the valuo of just a little of Nature's tinting tint-ing on tho skin of nn applj or how slight a difference In this lino will mean a difference of from GO cents to ?1.00 per barrel in tho prlco. "You say you sold John Jones np-pies np-pies at $5 straight and for mine you got only $4, both packed by tho samo man on tho same day, tho orchards within n mllo of each other. How Is this?" What a hopeless task to reply to such a question! "My apples woro just as good as his, just as large, just as smooth, Just ns carefully packed, with just as good cooporago." All this Is true, my friend, but thoy were worth $1.00 por barrel less In our market mar-ket just tho samo and are harder to soil at tho dirroronco. And why? It is oxcellenco set off by stylo. That Is why tho fruit from sunny valleys of the far west outsells tho best selections selec-tions of tho middle west. It may not have moro Intrinsic merit, but It has style. Quality pays. Chooso your varieties wisely; tako pains with your orchard troatmont. Study tho market needs; but above all cultivate stylo li.frult this stylo yon add quality 'you'faEViifn combination that will sell your fruit at priofes that will often surprisfe you. Forest Regeneration. Tho object of forestry is to utilize to tho fullest posslblo extent the product prod-uct of forest lnnd, and nt tho same tlmo to maintain tho conditions which render forests beneficial, says a report re-port of tho Ithodo Island station. Utilizing tho timber is ns much a part of forest management as Is Inducing tlfo growth of trees nnd protecting them during their growth. Tho important im-portant consideration of how to replace re-place tho trees when cut is known as forest regeneration. Two methods are available, tho artificial and tho natural. natur-al. Artificial regeneration may bo by moans of seeds sown and covered by hand or by means of planting trees. Both these methods aro too expensive to bo used except whoro no othors will succeed. Manifestly on tho open prairies t ey aro tho only methods nvnllablo v hen forests are to bo started start-ed on land where-no trees now grow. Natural regeneration Is tho moro common com-mon method, and tho ono moro practicable practi-cable under normal forest conditions. It may bo by means of shoots or by moans of seeds. Tho former utilizes tho vigorous shoots which spring up when most brond-leaved treo3 aro cut. Tho resulting growth Is known in forest for-est literature as coppice. Tho method cannot bo used with conifers, nnd not all broad-leaved trees can bo dopondod upon to send up satisfactory shoots. Buch shoots mako a moro rapid growth In tholr earlier years than seedling trees, but thoy gouorally attain at-tain their best devolopmont within thirty years and are not suitable for tho production of largo, long-lived trees. Copplco growth, therefore, Is adaptod only to short rotations nnd tho production of such clnsses of timber tim-ber aB basket material, firewood, fonco post?. Olograph poles, hop-poles, hop-poles, etc. In 'ho regeneration of for-rsts for-rsts by seeds nature is again ready to help, for sho contrives many ways In which seeds are scattered that thoy mny find placos to grow. Tho wind Is ovor ready to carry them, and nntur-ally nntur-ally tho troos which become most widoly scattorcd nro thoso bearing light seeds with somo kind of appond-ago appond-ago enabling thorn to bo easily carried by tho wind. The English "Crab." A recont report of tho Virginia station sta-tion says; "This variety Is only a small form of tho common applo. Troo hardy but n slow growor; upright, forming a roundish head. Trunk measures meas-ures 13 Hi inches at base and about 11 inchos nt hoad. Plnntod In 1891 Thus for has not shown suscoptlbillty to disease. First bloom noted it 1S95, nnd trees bore a small crop thnt year. HBnS Small crops produced again In 1897, HBKIHh 1S99 nnd 1901. At no tlmo una thin HnHrai variety homo n heavy crop. Fruit mmmkuSbam larger than ordlnory crabs, dull red HSHI In color nnd of oxcellont quality for HhBSI catlrg out of hand. This Is a wlntor WMmBBB variety and will keep till January If mmSSSBui siorago conditions nro favorable It aflBBS lias valuo for amatours, but wo do not HMB! recommend It for general planting. "HEHH |