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have a law against growing Ben Davis apples. Maiden Blush will al- 

 ways sell. If you grow Maiden Blush every grower should learn to be 

 a shipper. He don't want to wait for some shipper to come along and 

 take cream and leave the skim milk. 



Secretary Goodman — It is understood that this Society does not 

 indorse everything that is published in the reports. Every man's 

 views stand upon their own merits. 



C. 0. Bell — The Maiden Blush is an excellent apple, but I must 

 take issue with Mr. Nelson on the score of profit. As a dealer, I like 

 to buy it, but I can not pay as much for it as for Ben Davis, nor can 

 we get as many apples from the tree as from the Ben Davis. The 

 Maiden Blush stands in the front rank. It is desired on all the mar- 

 kets, but I can't recommend it for making money. 



Mr. Murray — We horticulturists have wide differences of experience. 

 One success or one failure by one individual don't prove anything. Buy- 

 ers will not come along and pay fancy prices for summer apples. As a 

 rule, in small lots they go to waste. I advise no man to grow summer ap- 

 ples for profit unless he can handle his own fruit. Ben Davis is ridi- 

 culed for its poor quality. I call your attention to the fact that Mis- 

 souri Ben Davis is a very good apple. In countries where apples don't 

 grow they eat it and pronounce it good. Missouri Ben Davis sold in 

 Hamburg, Germany, on the 25th of October for $S per barrel; New- 

 town Pippins sold in Liverpool for $6.01 per barrel. If you can grow 

 Newtown Pippin for one cent more per barrel than you can Ben Da- 

 vis, go ahead ; I can't. 



Music by pupils of High school. 



PLANS FOR GATHERING, SORTING, HANDLING AND 

 PACKING PEACHES AND APPLES. 



Plans for gathering, sorting, handling and packing peaches and 

 apples are so numerous and so dissimilar that to describe them all 

 would take more time than would be profitable at this meeting, hence 

 I will only endeavor to drop a few thoughts on one plan (the best one 

 that I know of) in each operation, and if by this means I succeed in 

 calling out a good discussion on the subject, I will have attained my 

 object. 



On the handling of peaches and apples, the staple of all fruit, 

 from the tree to the consumer, depends the success of the horti- 

 culturist. 



It matters not how fine fruit may be raised, nor in how great 



