36 Report of State Board of Horticulture. 



When we consider that the United States this year has. 

 produced the largest crop of apples in her history, with the 

 best of Eastern grown apples selling in the orchards for $1 

 to $1.50 per barrel, equivalent in quantity to two and one- 

 twenty-first of our boxes, the sale of fancy Spitzenbergs here 

 for $4.50 per box is remarkable. 



This fact should teach the grower that if his locality can 

 grow a superior quality that our best markets demands at 

 fancy prices, he should produce the best of that which do3s 

 the best in his locality. 



There is never an over-production of the best of any kind 

 of a crop of fruit, be it a large or small crop. The fruit 

 grower that produces the best apples, pears, peaches or striiw- 

 berries does not have to look for a buyer. The demands cf 

 all our markets want the best, and they seek the grower 

 that has it. 



Mr. J. W. Perkins, of Medford, last year sold a car of 

 Comice pears in New York, for which he received $2,700 net 

 — the largest sum of money for which a car of pears ever 

 sold in any of the markets of the United States. I have been 

 asked what was the secret of Mr. Perkin's ability to place a 

 car of pears on the market that would sell for so much money. 

 My answer is, Mr. Perkins' pears were the best car of pears 

 ever sold in New York, and they were packed the best. 

 Many wealthy people in all of our large cities do not consider 

 the price of an article in buying, if the quality is the best. 



Clay and Meador, of Medford, sold one car of Comice pears 

 in New York for $6.50 per box of fifty pounds. 



Mr. E. J. DeHart sold from his orchard one car of Pe 

 Anjou pears in New York for $6 per box. 



Mr. Gordon Voohies, of Medford, sold one car of Bartlstt 

 pears in Montreal for $4.30 per box. 



It will be noted that the prices that these pears sold for are 

 high. There was a short crop of pears last year, w^hich was 

 one of the factors that had a tendency to high prices. The real 

 cause of such high prices was the fact that the pears were of 

 superb quality. They were better pears than are grown in 

 any other section of the United States, and the growers who 



