APPLE GROWING 



Oldenburg is regarded as excellent in Buffalo 

 and Chicago. Wealthy, although generally a 

 local market apple, Is well known and liked In 

 all markets. Twenty Ounce Is spoken well of 

 nearly everywhere. The Fameuse Is not well 

 liked In the South, but popular In the North, 

 etc. These particular facts as to varieties are 

 best learned by experience and by observation 

 of the market quotations. 



The Commission Man. — The present sys- 

 tem of marketing fruit products makes the com- 

 mission man almost a necessity In the general 

 market. Neither the grower nor the local 

 dealer can ship directly to the consumer or even 

 to the retailer, except In a very limited way. It 

 may be Impracticable to devise any other work- 

 able system, but it must be remembered that 

 every man who touches a barrel of apples on 

 Its journey from producer to consumer must 

 be paid for doing so, and this pay must come 

 either out of the seller's price or be added to 

 the buyer's price. But so long as present con- 

 ditions of marketing and distribution prevail, 

 so long will a selling agent In the general mar- 

 ket be necessary, and the evil cannot be amelior- 

 ated by ranting against It. 



An unfortunate Impression prevails that all 

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