APPLE A DAY

The year's work in an apple orchard starts with pruning. Apple planting is begun. Bridge grafting saves a doomed tree. Top grafting is an important operation. We see Rideau fruit farm at blossom time. The bees are important to an orchard and we see them about their jobs. In northern districts trees are mulched with straw. The apples are thinned out to improve size and quality. Several varieties of apples are then shown—the Melba, the Joyce and the Lobo. Next comes the picking and packing by the ring pack system. The film closes with attractive shots of children ducking for apples.