APPLE GROWING 



velop very rapidly and that apple growing was 

 mostly confined to areas near the larger mar- 

 kets. 



The coming of the refrigerator car extended 

 fruit-growing over a much wider area. Re- 

 frigeration on shipboard opened up and en- 

 larged the export trade. Cold storage ware- 

 houses lengthened the season by holding over 

 the surplus of fruit, thus relieving fall gluts In 

 the market and providing a winter supply of 

 apples. These conditions created a more sta- 

 ble market with more uniform prices, extending 

 the business from a side issue to one of chief 

 Importance. Marketing has become almost a 

 business by Itself, inducing the formation of 

 growers' associations and creating a profitable 

 occupation for large dealers and commission 

 men. These conditions, too, have led to spec- 

 ulation. 



Two kinds of storage are used, common or 

 cellar storage and cold storage. Both are 

 about equally available, but the latter Is too 

 expensive for the small grower. There is al- 

 ways a question as to the advisability of the 

 small grower storing his fruit. Storage means 

 a degree of speculation. " A bird in the hand 

 is worth two in the bush,'' especially when the 



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