Notes by the Secretary. 79 



Bnerre cl'Anjou and Sheldon. The market of our cit}' demands a 

 highly colored, large size and beautiful pear. The Bartlett is so 

 ■well known everywhere that it is hard to dispossess it of its 

 advantage. A finely colored, large Californiau will sell for more 

 than our best pears, although deficient in flavor. Size and beauty 

 sell it. 



The peach is the same as with the apple, quality has very little 

 to do with the sale unless it be to families and those who know 

 the variety and call for it. If you do not think so, just try to sell 

 a white peach which has a clear skin without a particle of color to it; 

 a,t the same time olfer one much inferior in quality, but beautifully 

 marked and colored, and you will soon find what the market 

 demands. 



For home use, and among those who will believe you when you 

 tell him a peach is of excellent quality, you can easily sell some of 

 the poorly colored peaches ; but for market in general, and where 

 large quantities are wanted by shippers, you cannot teach them. 



The Amsden peach never would have had the sale it did, if it 

 were not for the bright red cheek. Say what you will, Kansas 

 City would never have bought those poor flavored peaches had it 

 not been for the attraction to the eye. Try a bright Crawford Late 

 peach and a Ward's Late, or even a Smock, and very soon our 

 market will make a distinction. 



Ask any fruit grower and he will tell you that the Smock lacks 

 color to sell well ; that the Heath Cling would and does bring double 

 price when you select those specimens that have a beautiful red 

 cheek. The eye must be pleased as well as the palate. The market 

 laeaches and the ones for money here, are Amsden, E. York, Mt. 

 Rose, Crawford E., Old Mixon, Crawford Late, Smock, Salaway, 

 Heath. 



The jDlum, apricot and nectarine are nothing with us for money 

 except the Wild Goose and Weaver plum, which are very profitable 

 and in good demand. 



The grape would seem to us to be the exception to the rule, if 

 there should be one, for it seems that our market demands a white 

 grape and one without color, no matter if it is poor. A white or 

 flesh colored grape seems to attract the eye more than one of the 

 most beautiful of purple or black grapes, and yet many of them 

 are very poor in quality. An example is seen in those poor, taste- 

 less California white grapes that are seen on our markets every- 

 where. How they do sell, and yet they are poorer than our j)oorest, 

 while some of their colored ones are excellent. Peo2:)le are turned 



