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the grade. The first and second grades should not contain apples 

 smaller than 2V2 inches in diameter. The third grade may con- 

 tain apples two inches in diameter. 



Cost of Raising Apples. — In a recent magazine, I found the 

 average expense per acre for an orchard in New York, including 

 interest, taxes and every item of expense was $70.50 per acre and 

 the net profit was $196.26 per acre. 



In the State of Washington, the average cost per bushel is 

 24c to grow, l6c to harvest, 10c for the box, making the cost, 



Spraying- in the Jewell Bluff orchard. 



F. 0. B. orchard, 50c per box, to which must be added interest 

 and taxes on land valued at $200.00 per acre before planting and 

 $500.00 to $600.00 per acre after the orchard comes into bear- 

 ing. Only the choice fruit is shipped, and this is usually sold at 

 from 90c to $1.00 per bushel, F. O. B. shipping station. 



In Minnesota, choice Wealthy apples can be grown at a 

 total cost of 50c per bushel and sold at an average of $1.00 per 

 bushel on land worth not to exceed $50.00 per acre before plant- 

 ing. 



Selling Price of Apples. — The third week in September this 

 year apples were beginning to arrive from Maryland and that 

 section of the country, and prices were quoted on such varieties 

 as York Imperial, Jonathan, etc., at $2.40 per barrel, at shipping 

 station. The freight would be 65c, which would make the net 

 cost, laid down at St. Paul or Minneapolis, about $3.00 per bar- 

 rel for southern apples. Also apples from Missouri and Kansas 



