284 Agkicultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 



It will undoubtedly be interesting to follow the apples from this 

 orchard into the markets, and thus determine what relation the spray- 

 ing of the fruit bore to the price received for it. Through the kind- 

 ness of the buyer, J. H. Gail, commission merchant in Buffalo, N. Y., 

 I am able to give his report on this point. His statement regarding 

 the appearance of the fruit in the orchard was as follows: 



"Without question, the showing of the fruit, before harvesting, in 

 the apple orchard of John J. McGowen was one of the finest it has 

 ever been my pleasure to see. The fruit, having been picked and 

 barrelled for extra fancy trade, did not show over two or three per 

 cent of culls; and the culled fruit when packed made a "very good 

 grade of second quality. There was practically no fruit usually 

 known as cider apples in the orchard." 



The following letter relates to the sale of the apples in Buffalo: 



" The apples were as tine as anything I ever saw in the shape of 

 Kings, even those rated as 2nd's or No. 2's being as good as the 

 ordinar}^ run of No. 1 fruit; in fact, they sold at the price of other 

 No. I's. We commenced the trade on them as soon as they arrived 

 here, to some of our buyers of fancy fruit, at $4.50 per bbl. in job 

 lots. I think had we put the price at $5.00 we should have got it; 

 in fact we did get it for a portion of them while the ordinary run of 

 Kings and so-called No. I's sold in single barrel lots at the same time 

 at $3.75 to $4.00. We think they went out fully $1.00 per bbl. better 

 than the average run of Kings, and all who had them were anxious 



for more, 



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Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 14, 1893. J. H. Gail. 



The following letters indicate the attitude of leading fruit growers 

 of this state regarding the spraying of orchards: 



"In my opinion, spraying is a work of inestimable value; indeed I 

 believe no man engaged in growing apples can afford to dispense with 

 it. He should spray both with reference to the work of insect life 

 and fungi. It should be done at least twice in 'the season and every 

 year. The operation is inexpensive, and willpay a larger percentage 

 on the investment than any other outlay of an equal amount." 



Geneva, N. Y. S. D. Willard. 



"After five years' experience in spraying with insecticides and 

 fungicides, I am sufficiently satisfied to plan for the future to do the 

 work more thoroughly than it has yet been done. 



