The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-21
]HARpLIN COTTAGE :, NRURAGBNSETT PIER.

ish market and holds it today against
all corners, Nova Scotia fruit bring
ing the highest prices. This year S
crop is expected to bring thirty shillings
a barrel. Apple raisers are beginning
to thoroughly understand the business.
Honest and careful packing and ship
ping are insisted on True marking,
careful handling, uniform size barrel,
and honest agents at the receiving port,
do the rest. Frost-proof warehouses
have been erected all along the val
ley.
Between Wolfville and Laurence
town there are Is, averaging 40x9O feet,
the largest being $50 feet long, with
cellars and lofts Wolfvills has 2, Port
Williams 1, Cambridge 2, Waterville /,
Berwick 2 Aylesford, Kingston, Will
mot, LawrencetoWn, Sheffield Mills,
Hillaton, Canning and Centreville each
l. and Middleton 2. In these houses
fruit will be repacked, graded and
marked Many apple raisers deal direct
| ly with their London agent, thereby
saving a middleman's commission and
getting speedier return.
In neighboring orchard, l have seen
these varieties: Baldwins, Greetings,
Nonpareils, GravensteiEs, White AS
trachan, Roxbury Russsts, Bishop Pip
pin, Kilberton Pippins, Cooper's Thomp-
kins' Kings, Ben Davis, Talman Sweet,
Wealthy, Colleen Russets, Blenheims,
Rhode Island Greetings, Tall Jeanette,
Emperor, Northern Spy, English Rus
sets, Stonewall Jackson, Jilliflowers,
Golden Ball, Lady Fingers, etc. Near
| ly every orchard having some varieties
not possessed by others, if named,
would greatly expand this list. Early
Moscows ara on the market. and other
| fall fruit will soon follow. Some Sec
tons raise a lot of small fruits as well.
Notably, Berwick, Waterville, Ayles-
| ford.
The party and 1 parted at Canning
| I brought up at Kentville. If you
want a lunch when there go to the no.
| tel. The lunch room at the station is
bum. They will cheat both your stom-
ach and pocket with their readymade
food. I dropped into the courtroom
while there. A liquor case was on.
The court and counsel discussed the
case very amicably together 1 no.
ticed particularly that one of the law
| yers had on a dirty, ragged old robe
| that would have distinguished scare
crow; and the judge permitted It.
| The editor of the Advertiser took me
over to see Mr.. DeWolf's garden. A
most delightful spot which the propri-
etor takes delight in showing to visit
ors. A row Of locust trees
ITOAlS the SllNSNs ullQ NiitS DNlAd
down over the cottage; Viz
ginia creepers Irvine the great
trunks of the trees, fall like drapery
from graceful limbs, disguise otherwise
hideous wires and poles, and lend an
unwriteable charm to the whole place.
Stately hollyhocks, gaudy- hued poppies
from Japan, oldtime bells, plants from
Armenia, Assyria and South Africa,
native ferns, sweet peas, were all
around. On a high grade was perfect
wilderness Of native trees, where coy
corners were constant surprise as we
went along the walks, one of which
ended in camp made of trees with the
bark left on.
There is great local interest in the
Dreyfus trial. beside the COM
mon wish to see NJ Labori restored to
health. to confound his enemies Nova
Scotians have a special and nearer in
terest in his recovery. M Labor IS
married to Miss O'Key, the accom-
plished and beautiful daughter of the
late william O'Key of CORVALLIS, and
sister of Mrs. (Dr.) Woodwork OF
Kentville. The young and brilliant
French advocate first formed the ac--
ouaintance Of Miss O'Key while she and
her sister were being educated In Paris.
j. H. w.