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er's price, because the cold storage warehouse is either bought up iu 

 advance or is too far away. Can we not build a local plant and 

 manage it locally? It would remove the necessity of selling at 

 picking time. It would jiay and would give to the gi-ower a choice 

 between selling and storing which is necessary to give him a fair 

 share. 



As to the Adams county crops Ihis year, it might be said, that 

 though it was v.hat we call the "oH' year," it was about eijual to the 

 best previous full year croj). Whether the 3'Oung trees now be- 

 ginning to beai- will droj) into the apparently established habit of 

 the old ones, or whether we shall cease to have an off year, Avill be 

 interesting to note. I'erhaps when Ave regularly thin the a)>pleK, 

 regular annual cropping will be the rule. 



Spraying is now generally i>racticed by the Adams county growers. 

 To s]iray to kill the scale or to insure against its dangerous oc- 

 currence is noAV acce]>ted as good or<-l!ard ])raclice. ^Vh^le, here- 

 tofore sjiraying lias been directed againsi scale to keej) the tree 

 alive, it will hereafter be particularly directed to the object of per- 

 fecting the crop. The probleui will be to keep the foliage iu per- 

 fect condition, to prevent scab, blight, rust and rot, to }>rotect the 

 foliage and fruit from the attacks of vermin that chew. We are 

 already able to get good arseuicals, and let us ho])e that ^'atifmal 

 legislation will shortly insure their quality. Let us ho])e that souie 

 foruiula of lime and snl^jhur will give to the orchardist a chen]) r.nd 

 perfect sumuier spray. 



The difficulties in the marketing of the year's apple crop keep 

 us alive to the need of ]»ackage legislation. Let us urge National 

 enactment and let us hold firiuly to the olfl-fashioned idea of uiak- 

 ing a measure a full measure; a bushel named, a bushel in fact. 

 Doubtless the western grower will cling to the notion that a bushel 

 box must be regulated by the size of A\'estern ajtides, and the soon 

 to be exploded idea that boxed ajdes aie only grown in the West. 

 If no National law is enacted in the near future, the Eastern states 

 are certain to ])ass statutes regulating jiackages Avhich will no doubt 

 be difficult for the western grovicr to me(>t with the slun-t l)oxes in 

 vogue there. I lio])e that the A]>)>alachi:ni growers, as suggested 

 by recent organi/.atious in \'ii-ginia and New York, will not attemiit 

 legislation until haruiony ])revails throughout the East. With the 

 program filled by men from all sections of the East, we should 

 know before the close of this convention something of Eastern senti- 

 ment. 



SOME Sr(J(?ESTI()NS ABOUT THE MANAOEMENT OF 



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Hy H. I', con. I), r. S. iKiil. t>( Ai/ririilliirc, Wdsliiiiiiliiii , li. ('. 



In lh<^ management nl' uicliards. we MUe lo think we are pro 

 gressive and modern in onr methods and ui)-to-dat(\ 1»lazing the 

 way along new trails. For quite a good many years now I have 



