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bon dioxide. The carbou dioxide is particularly good in retaining the 

 color in citrus juices and at the same time it makes them more palatable. 

 It was the hope of the chemist at Washington that lemon juice could 

 be put up in this way but this was only partially successful. Think 

 what it would mean if all lemons could be shipped in the juice form. 

 Then there would be no loss by the rotting of the fruit and the rates 

 for shipping would be less. 



In conclusion then, the making of fruit juices in the future will be 

 one of the many ways of using surplus and Avaste fruits. It will turn 

 a perishable fruit of a short season into a stable fruit i>roduct to be used 

 at all times of the year. This Avijl in a large measure insure stability 

 in production and price and when this is true the fruit growing in- 

 dustry will be the greatest in the land. 



^'PROSPECTS FOR APPLE GROWING IN MICHIGAN." 



MERRILL S. FULLER^ TAW PAW. 



Mr. Chairjiiai,, Members of the State Horticultural Society, and friends: 



In substituti.ig for one of the best speakers in our class, wlio has 

 been unable to attend this meeting because of illness for the past few 

 days, I am going to take the time that should have been given to a 

 mighty good speech. 



I have chosen for my subject : "Prospects for Apple Growing in Michi- 

 gan." 



Much has been said of the future of the apple growing industry in 

 Michigan. Many are afraid to set out an apple orchard; they think 

 that it is being overdone. Many think that western fruit is going to 

 crowd out the less highly colored fruit of Michigan, and it has been 

 •said that the large acreages set out all over this country will make 

 apples a drug on the market in the near future; that other fruits are 

 taking the place of the apple to a large extent. 



All the evidence that I can get together concerning this subject does 

 not justify such an attitude. Of course this is a very broad subject, 

 and only a few of its many phases can be discussed in the few minutes 

 that we are given. But I am going to try and gi\'e you some of the 

 reasons why I think that the apple growing industry in Michigan has 

 a great future before it. 



In the first place western apples can never invade the central and 

 eastern markets to any great extent. We can put apples on the mar- 

 ket cheaper than can our western brother. This is true because western 

 dealers have more capital invested in every package of fruit that they 

 send east than we need to spend. Their land suitable for apple grow- 

 ing is high ; then they must irrigate, fight all of our common pests, and 

 then pay freight for thousands of miles in order to place it on our 

 markets. And I believe that the city consumer is going to learn be- 

 fore long not to pay dearly for an apple just because it is big and red. 



