190 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Vice-President Harrison : The first thing on our program 

 is the subject of How We Grew and Marketed 12,0(10 Bushels 

 of Apples, by Mr. G. A. Marshall, of Arlington. 



HOW WE GEEW AND MARKETED 12,000 BUSHELS 



OP APPLES. 



G. A. MARSHALL, ARLINGTON. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



I have the same old excuse, I did not get my paper written. 

 But I made a few notes and J will try to follow them along. 

 The care of our orchard, as it is compared with the care a 

 good farmer gives his corn, I expect would cause us to blush 

 and say that it was not very- good. All we did was cut the 

 weeds down in the orchard and prune the trees just a little; 

 we didn't give them the pruning they should have. There is 

 a good deal of care our orchard might have had that it did 

 not have. It is true we kept it free from weeds and pruned 

 it some but we can easily see where we could improve it but 

 we have never spent much money on the care of our orchard. 

 On the other hand 1 don't think it takes a great deal of 

 money to care for an orchard. I believe we have made some 

 people believe it takes a good big bank account to care for it. 

 It simply needs willingness and good horse sense. It does not 

 require the attention some other crops do. There is a long 

 season that you can do the pruning and removing the brush 

 and if you don't happen to be able to cultivate the orchard 

 this week you can wait until the next week, — it won't ruin 

 the crop like it would a crop of corn. If you will attend to it 

 when you get a chance I will guarantc^e that you will gTow as 

 big an apple orchard in this section of the country as easily 

 as anywhere in the United States. After we have considered 

 that we must remember that we can not expect returns with- 

 out care. Do not misunderstand me that I recommend we 

 should not give the orchard proper care. I am speaking as 



