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market the biiyei' knows what tlie i>oo(ls are goinj^ to be, 

 and it enables them to market the fruit mueli easier. 1 under- 

 stand tliat in some of these districts not more than 20 per cent 

 or 25 per cent of th<' fruit will reach the grade that will pass 

 the supervisors of that organization, but they will make more 

 out of the 20 per cent or 25 per cent packed and graded and 

 given a standai'd brand than they could make out of their 

 Avhole crop if it were in barrels and sold on the market without 

 being graded. 



There is another thing I wish to speak of, that of the citrous 

 indnstrv of California, because it is so remote from the market. 

 They have an organization for the packing, marking, shipping, 

 and handling their fruits. Florida grows a better orange than 

 can be grown on the Pacific coast, — that is well recognized, — 

 yet the Florida growers have been almost driven out of the 

 market trying to compete with the California fruit, simply 

 because thev haven't had an organization, while in California 

 their organization has long been perfected. There is room 

 for both, yet Florida with its better fruit never has been able 

 to get as much money for its fruit as the California people 

 with their organization. 



There is another factor, that of cooling and refrigeration, 

 and shipping in refrigerator cars. And the storing of fruit 

 during the winter is another thing that we must not lose 

 sight of. And the fruit that ripens in the fall is held so that 

 it can be sold throughout the whole year. In my judgment 

 we are going to see a means perfected, whereby that portion 

 of our crop of apples capable of being held in storage until 

 needed and then taken out from time to time so that we 

 will not have to be without fruit the large part of the year but 

 can market it during any season of the year. 



Methods of certifying fruit products and making it more 

 inviting is another factor that should be mentioned. T can not 

 help thinking, from the waking up that is occurring, that we 

 are on the eve of greater developments in fruit growing. We 



