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iii. rural husbandry.
pears, as well as two kinds of apples, Cox’s Orange and Cox’s Pomona. In
Gottland is also cultivated the Stenkyrke apple, in Halland and in south Kalmar
län, Gravenstein. In the second zone are produced, on the whole, the finest apples,
particularly Gravenstein, the Åkerö apple, and Yellow Richard. In the third
zone the Åkerö, Sävstaholm, and the Oranie apples predominate. In both the
second and the third zone are also cultivated with success certain finer kinds
of pears, such as the Fondante d’automne, Yat Yutte, and Moltke pears; in
the second zone also Louise Bonne of Jersey, and William. These three are the
fruitgrowing zones: in the fourth and fifth frui’t-growing is of minor importance.
Photo. E. sldenbladh J:n.
Scene in Norsborg Park, Södermanland.
Within the three first zones a number of Fruit-growers’ Associations strive to
promote the cultivation of fruit. Each of these associations keep a
"trädskötare", that is, a man whose business it is to do skilled gardening work in
the orchards of the members; for this work he is paid according to a fixed
rate. In certain läns, such as for instance in Södermanland, there are over 60
of these associations. In that län these associations are in turn amalgamated
into one big Union, embracing the whole of the län; it has instituted several
"fruit depots", that is, magazines to which the fruit-growers can send their fruit.
The fruit is then sorted and packed, and sold through the agency of the
superintendent of the depot. The Union also undertakes the purchase of materials
required for the orchards.
In recent years fruit-drying establishments of the same kind as those in the
United States have been erected in several places, and it is now only a question
of time when Sweden will produce enough dried fruit to supply home needs.
Cherries and plums are cultivated to a considerable extent, particularly in
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