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out and out marked advantage over this region in the fruit line. Tliis 

 section can produce good fruit. 



It also can produce some varities of fruit which surpass western 

 varieties of like nature. I believe it is merely a case of following the 

 west in one respect at least — giving your orchard crop its proportion 

 of care — and then perhaps a little closer co-operation though Nebraska 

 has a good start in that direction — for the Missouri Valley to gain a 

 reputation for its fruit as well as for its corn and corii fed hogs. 



The Chairman: The next paper will be by J. H. Steinhart, of 

 Nebraska City, upon: "Canning and Preserving Apples, Peaches and 

 other Fruits." 



CANNING AND PRESERVING APPLES, PEACHES AND OTHER 



FRUITS. 



J. H. Steinhart, Nebraska City 



Co-operation as between the fruit grower and the canner is 

 needed before much progress can be shown in this industry in our 

 state. All is not sunshine for the canner. The developing of the line 

 is Pioneer work and against the keen competition of the eastern grown 

 fruit and canners. The average western fruit grower regards thf can- 

 ner as an element outside of his special interest or to his advantage 

 and does business with him on lines that makes it very hard for the 

 canner. 



He always talks and acts as though the canner were robbing him, 

 also feels that the canner should take "any old thing" in the way of 

 fruit and pay a good price for the same. 



Some years the grower will be anxious Indeed to supply the can- 

 ner with his fruit and the next, with slightly changed conditions, as 

 regards ability to sell, turn the canner down cold, in his request that 

 he deliver him his fruit. There should be no conflict, there should be 

 co-operation, the grower should regard the canner as part of his busi- 

 ness, and link the chain of the disposing of his crop and one of the 

 niost important. The canner is or can be on hand to relieve the "glut" 

 in the market. Take this surplus and by canning the same, save to 

 a degree the value of this excess load, and greater still enable the 

 grower to maintain a market price that will bring to him profits as 

 against loss. 



The spirit actuating the fruit grower in his attitude to the canner 

 r.hould be one that will establish him firmly in his community and also 

 establish him in the selling territory for canned fruit products. 



To be firmly established in the fruit growers community means 

 that the grower must have faith in his canner and see that he has fruit 

 in the seasons at such a price and in such quantities as will render his 

 business attractive in the way of profits and business returns. 



To be firmly established in the territory consuming canned fruit 

 products means that the canner must have a fairly regular supply of 



