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planting heavily, I believe I would just as soon have the Ben Davis, 

 instead of the Gano. It does not have such an open calyx as the Gano. 

 And you will find that less worms will enter the calyx of the Ben Davis 

 than in the open calyx of the Gano. I think there is something to that. 



A Lady: We think the Ben Davis is a better apple than the 

 Gano. 1 never buy a Gano if a man comes to the door with a Gano. 



A. I do not know about that. I have tried to tell the difference 

 between them after the peeling was taken off, and I confess they can 

 fool me. 



Q. What price do you sell the Ben Davis at? 



A, From .$2.00 up, to $3.75 a barrel, F. O. B. the car. We did 

 not have many that sold at $3.75 a barrel, but that was along the latter 

 part of the season. 



Q. I would like to ask Mr. Marshall about the division of the 

 spoils. Does each grower get the same for his variety, just so they 

 come up to the standard of the grade. For Instance Mr. Pollard may 

 have a car load of Jonathan, and do they have to come into compe- 

 tition with the Ben Davis, or does each variety sell on its merits? 



A. Each variety sells on its merits. We provided that where 



stuff is being sold on the track on the same day, each amount for 

 that variety is pooled for the same day. The returns for the same 

 variety, if they go to different markets on the same day. Those returns 

 are pooled and the members get the average so that one member 

 does not feel that the manager is favoring one grower by putting his 

 fruit on a better market than he put the other man's on. 



Q. What grades do you say you have? 



A. The first grade is the association brand, the second grade is 

 the commercial grade, and the third is C grade. Those are the names 

 of the grades of apples. 



Q. What grade of apples does the apple barrel that is on exhibition 

 represent? 



A. There are several barrels of assocition brands being shown 

 over there. There are one or two barrels there that are a mixture. 

 I think they were made up after they came up here from the apples 

 that were left from the apple show. They were to show the style of 

 pack more than anything else. They were fixed up that way just to 

 show the style of pack at the head of the barrel. 



The Chairman: The next paper or subject for an address will 

 be by G. S. Christy, Johnson, Neb., on the subject, "]\Iy Methods of 

 Planting Grape Vines, Raspberries, Blackberries and Other Small 

 Fruits." 



