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opportunity to do so. If you ship to a customer, make your fruit as 

 good as represented, or let him know beforehand that it is not, and 

 why. If there is a misunderstanding, don't lose your temper. Be 

 gentlemanly and liberal. Another time the customer will feel that 

 he is dealing with a man of honor, and he will be loathe to disagree 

 with you. 



All these things, Mr, President, and probably many more, are in- 

 volved in the question "How to Make An Apple Orchard Profit- 

 able." 



KEEPING APPLES. 



(By W. T. Flournoy, Marionville, Mo.) 



The question of how, when and where to keep our apples to 

 the best advantage, when we have no market that suits us at 

 packing time, is a problem that has been given much time and 

 thought by many of us for years, and a problem which we will 

 continue to wrestle with from season to season. 



One year we are sure we have it solved, but the next year 

 brings up new conditions, which we had never taken into consid- 

 eration. Every one who raises or handles apples wants them to 

 keep well while he has them, and to be in good keeping condition 

 when disposed of. This question presents itself alike to the large 

 grower or dealer and the individual who may have only a few bar- 

 rels or even a few specimens. 



No matter how or where the apples are to be kept, we believe 

 that it is quite important that the fruit should be grown on healthy 

 trees, with good foliage, the care and treatment of the trees being 

 such that the apples will mature and color well at a late or medium 

 time in the season. It is also better if the apples are of medium 

 size for the variety; very large apples, as a rule, do not keep as 

 well as those of medium size. 



The method of handling and packing apples for common stor- 

 age differs somewhat from the manner in which apples for cold 

 storage should be handled. In handling apples for common stor- 

 age in this climate, it is best, according to my judgment, to leave 

 them on the trees, if possible, until there is actual danger of freez- 

 ing. It is proven beyond a doubt that during the warm weather, 

 which we usually have in the fall, that apples are in much better 

 condition and the loss is smaller w^hen left on the trees. 



It is true that there will be a good many which will fall to 



