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early ones. Housekeepers begin using them early, and the demand 

 steadily and gradually increases until after the holidays, when it is 

 practically unlimited. 



Mr. Geo. T. Powell, in an address delivered recently before the 

 New York State Fruit Growers Association said: 



''We need to study the demands of the different markets, London 

 will pay the highest price for red apples of medium size; Liverpool 

 will pay high prices for large apples like King, Twenty Ounce, Hub- 

 bardston and Spy. The same is true of our home markets, and to 

 realize the highest value, the shipper must understand what the 

 different markets most demand. Boston will pay the highest price 

 for Fameuse, Gravenstein and Mcintosh; New York for King, eTona- 

 than and Khode Island Greening; Chicago for Hubbardston, and Gil- 

 lifiower will bring more money than any other variety in the south- 

 ern cities." 



In this connection it may be well to consider the comparative 

 prices obtained in England and Germany during a stated period as a 

 guide to planters of new orchards. We find that during a period of 

 five months the average of price ranged from highest to lowest in 

 the following order: 



ENGLAND. GERMANY. 



Jonathan, Jonathan, 



York Imperial, Northern Spy. 



Tompkins King, York Imperial, 



Northern Spy. Tompkins King, 



Spitzenburg, Baldwin, 

 Baldwin, ' Spitzenburg, 



Ben Davis, ' Winesap, 



Winesap. Ben Davis. 



While it may be best for those having good fruit lands, within 

 easy reach of the main line of railroad, to plant for the foreign mar- 

 ket, it will be found equally profitable in most of the southern, 

 central and western counties, to cater to the demands of the home 

 market, hence in this article we will consider varieties suited to 

 both. 



In planting an apple orchard, we do not expect to reap our reward 

 for eight or t^n years. Hence in the selection of varieties we should 

 ask ourselves the question, "What will the general public think of 

 this apple after an intimate acquaintance of ten years? Will they be 

 likely to ask for it, to insist on having it? or may they possibly tire 

 of it and look for something better suited to their taste?" Those 

 who are familiar with the markets of Pennsylvania know, that in 

 those sections where Summer Eambo and Smokehouse have been 

 grown for some years, about the first of August, housekeepers begin 



