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Answer: Sometimes, when we can. One tree had thirty-two hundred 

 underneath it and we still had a plenty left. These were Wealthys. 



Question: Would j'ou plant Tolmans? 



Answer: There is a certain trade that like an earh^ sweet apple. 

 I would not try to grow novelties, but you can't go wrong on some stand- 

 ard grade of apple. 



Question: What do you think of the Bailey Sweet? 



Answer: It is not a real commercial apple. If you want a sweet 

 apple you ought to plant something that comes earlier. 



Question; What varieties do you have in the 65 year old orchard in 

 New York? 



Answer: W^e have the 20-ounce Pippin, the Red Baldwins and Green- 

 ings. 



Question: Does the 20-ounce Pippin boar in Michigan as well as m 

 New York? 



Answer: Not quite as well in Michigan, but I would not hesitate to 

 plant some. Don't go too far North with them. 



Question: What about the Russet? 



Answer: The Russet is a very good apple, but does not commence to 

 bear very early. 



Question : What about the Wolf River? 



Answer. They are a good apple and something that is on the market 

 quickly. 



Question: What would be your advice about setting an apple orchard 

 and sweet cherries for fillers? 



Answer: I would not advise that. 



Question: Do you know any cure for the spot on the Jonathan? 



Answer: It is a great problem — you will find the apple looking fine 

 on the outside but it has a dark spot or spots on the inside. It is a very 

 ticklish apple to deal with. I think the Bordeaux helps along that line. 



Question: What about the Ontario? 



Answer: I would not plant that apple. 



Question: How are apples keeping generally this year in cold storage? 



Answer: We shipped all of our stuff in refrigerator cars. The ones 

 not shipped that way will not keep well. Apples need more spraying. 

 There were a lot of scabby and wormy apples this year. 



Question: What about the Dehcious? 



Answer: They are better Southern apple. 



MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION. 



F. L. GRANGER, BENTON HARBOR. 



If I am to do justice to my subject here, I should resolve this assembly 

 into the study of the text on the back of the program. Solomon said 

 "Comfort me with apples for I am sick of love." Mr. Kelder, who wrote 

 this article goes on to say that the greatest manifestation of man's weak- 

 ness for the apple since that demonstration in the Garden of Eden is evi- 

 denced in the development of the apple industry in North America. 

 This continent, and particularly the United States is the greatest apple 

 producing country, by far than any other in the world. 



This proposition of merchandising is an extensive one, and the fellow 

 who has imagination and commercializes it jumps ahead of his competi- 



