APPLE GROWING 



of high quotations, and a subsequent drop in the 

 price. Then all turn from such a market to a 

 better one with the result that a famine often 

 results where but a few weeks or even days be- 

 fore there had been a feast. 



Thus it often happens that one market may 

 have more fruit than It can possibly dispose of 

 at the time, while another, perhaps equally 

 good, goes begging. Such conditions are ruin- 

 ous to trade. Growers are disappointed and 

 ascribe the cause to the commission man. Con- 

 sumers are unable many times to profit by a 

 glut in the market but promptly blame the mid- 

 dleman or the grower when the supply is small 

 and the price high. 



Other difficulties with our system of market- 

 ing are non-uniformity of the grades, the pack- 

 ages, or the fruit itself. There should be a 

 clear definition of just what " firsts " and " sec- 

 onds '' are and this definition rigidly adhered 

 to. Transportation is too frequently Insuffi- 

 cient, not rapid enough, especially when perish- 

 able fruit Is shipped In small lots, and usually 

 at a too high rate. There are undoubtedly 

 too many middlemen between producer and 

 consumer. Growers sell to local dealers who 

 sell to wholesalers at the receiving end. These 

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