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maker since six years old. In 1912 it produced over 31,000 bushels 

 and this year, 1913, over 18,000. 



A little pruning each year, keep free from weeds, especially 

 around the trees, cultivate and harrow and when they begin to bear 

 spray three times and you w^ill get your reward. Don't forget that 

 apples raised in Missouri Valley have the nest flavor of any, can 

 be raised for less money than anywhere and being in the center of 

 population have an immense advantage in. freight rates. 



In short, to the one who likes it. an apj)le orchard of twenty-five 

 to one hundred acres if located right is the best investment a young 

 man can make. 



SIZE OF NEBRASKA APPLES IJEST. 



J. R. Duncan. 



"Portland, Oregon. Everyday's trade in the apple market reflects 

 the change in conditions from what has existed for Pacific Northw'est 

 fruit during recent years. There is no discount in the fact that the 

 demand for large sized apples is on the ebb and that medium sized 

 fruit is taking its place. 



While this condition might possibly be most aggravated this 

 season owing to the fact that apples are so high that the average 

 consumer prefers to get more of the fruit in the box than formerly 

 still the very large sized apple has perhaps seen i\o best marketing 

 day except perhaps in years when very few of this Yi-'.e are available." 



The above news item from the Northwestern Fruit exc'iang^ 

 ■which handles the bulk of the fruit grown in the Pacific Northwest is 

 of more than ordinary passing interest to the fruit growers of Nebraska. 



One of the strong talking points of the man who has been extoll- 

 ing the merits of the fruit grown in the Pacific Northwest was its 

 size. They had the moisture at their command and could produce a 

 large showy apple that was in great demand by the buying public. 

 Why did the public buy these large apples? Because their size attracted 

 their attention when placed beside medium or small sized apples 

 to the discredit of the smaller apple. How about the quality of the 

 large apple compared with the smaller apple? The larger the apple 

 the coarser grained it is and lower in quality and this trait is 

 more marked in an apple that has been forced in its growth than one 

 grown naturally. The apple which is forced has a large per cent of 

 water in its make up, the cellular structure is coarser and cells are 

 larger, making the percentage of food matter in its make up smaller 

 than in one grown naturally. 



Compare the large apple of the Northwest with the average 

 medium sized Nebraska apple. 



You may say that we grow large apples in Nebraska. These are 

 the exception rather than the rule. The average size of apples typical 

 of Nebraska orchards will run on an average from 104 to 150 to the 



