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much to the charge for cold storage. And if you will let such 

 parties know about your fruit, they will come and see it, and will 

 give you a fair price for it. If you have a lot of fruit where not 

 more than one-fourth is number one, just pack it straight. Don't 

 try to take number ones at all, but just pick them and send them 

 off, and if you don't get much money for them don't grumble, 

 but try to do better next time. 



Mr. Williams — Since I wrote that paper I saw a notice in the 

 Farmers'' Review about forming a company to distribute 

 oranges throughout the Northwest, and I wrote to a party at 

 Jacksonville, Fla., about it. Their plan is to group together the 

 fruit growers of a section, so as to bring the buyers to the fruit. 

 Now, it seems to me it might be well to get the growers together 

 in a section of the country — as in the neighborhood of Centralia 

 or Jacksonville — as it is better to sell apples in large than in 

 small lots. 



Mr. Leeper — I think the suggestion a good one. I know an 

 orange company which has been paying a man $1,200 a year for 

 buying oranges in Florida, and I think it would pay the farmers 

 of Illinois to band together to sell their products. 



REPORT OF AWARDING COMMITTEE— CLASS I, 

 NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 



Best Five Varieties of Winter Apples for Market — First prem- 

 ium, Jacob Christian, Mt. Carroll; Second, L. R. Bryant, 

 Princeton. 



Best Five Varieties of Winter Apples for Family Use — First 

 premium, Jacob Christian, Mt. Carroll; Second, S. G. Minkler, 

 Oswego. 



Best Three Varieties of Fall Apples for Market — First prem- 

 ium, Jacob Christian, Mt. Carroll; Second, S. G. Minkler, Os- 

 wego. 



Best Three Varieties Fall Apples for Family Use— First prem- 

 ium, Jacob Christian, Mt. Carroll. 



Best Plate Fall Apples for Market — First premium, Jacob 

 Christian, Mt. Carroll; Second, L. R. Bryant, Princeton. 



Best Plate Winter Apples for Family Use — First premium, L. 

 R. Bryant, Princeton; Second, Jacob Christian, Mt. Carroll. 



