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But in the seven years, gentlemen, those trees have borne every 

 year, and the total is 1191 barrels from the 54 trees. This 

 year we were unfortunate in having a hail storm, August 23. 

 which cut the fruit, but after that a man came from Canada 

 into that orchard and he wouldn't let the manager of our ex- 

 change alone until he had bought all the fruit from that orchard 

 to ship to Canada. The yield this year was 198 barrels, after 

 being cut by the hail storm, and sold for $645. It may not be 

 possible to do in every case these things that I am telling you 

 about, but I do know that there is nothing that will respond to 

 the right kind of treatment so readily as an apple tree. It is 

 only when we can get right down and talk with that tree, think 

 with it, watch it and control these things that come in to weaken 

 its vitality, that we get the best results in orcharding. It should 

 be the aim of every man who is growing apples, commercially, 

 to take care of his trees and keep them in as good condition as 

 possible and, in addition, bring into harmony all these factors — 

 never neglecting one. Pruning is important. Spraying is abso- 

 lutely necessary. Cultivation and fertilization assist these first 

 two factors, and the conservation of moisture and the cover 

 crop all play their little part in assisting nature to produce 

 annual yields on those fruit trees. All brought into harmony, 

 you are sure to get better results with the trees. I thank you. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



GROWING AND MARKETING OF APPLES. 

 E. W. Mitchell, Stuyvesant Falls, N. Y. 



When your president asked me to address your meeting and 

 gave me the "Growing and Marketing of Apples" for a topic, 

 he certainly gave me a broad field to cover. It is a subject so 

 large and with so many different aspects and details that it 

 would take a long time to do it justice. However, it is my 

 purpose to make a general survey of the field and then try and 

 answer more in detail any questions you may care to ask on 

 any particular part that may interest you. As I understand 

 that the apple is the fruit you are particularly interested in, 1 

 will confine myself to that one fruit. 



