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the poor apples to evaporate. When put in the barrel, these only detract 

 from the price paid and lower the reputation of the grower and of the 

 county. There is at present a strong tendency to put up only one grade, 



the farmers thinking it 

 is best to keep the poor 

 apples at home. But in 

 practice this frequently 

 seems to mean that, 

 instead of keeping the 

 " seconds " at home, both 

 " firsts " and " seconds " 

 get into the one barrel. 

 If apples were more 

 carefully sorted, the culls 

 would be worth more 

 and might approach the 

 price paid in Wayne 

 county for apples to 

 evaporate. If the evap- 

 orators refused to pay 



this, some of the farmers might follow the Wayne county example, and 

 put up their own evaporators. 



Perhaps no question is of greater importance than this one of the quality 

 of the fruit. It is a county question. One man may raise the best of 

 fruit and may sort and pack it carefully, but it is very hard for him to 

 get its real value if his neighbors raise poor fruit. Buyers continually 

 mention and honestly lament the fact that the price must be so largely 

 determined for the community. The good apples sell the poor ones. It 



TABLE 26. 

 How the crop is disposed of. 



FIG. 169. Wolf River, of the Alexander type. 



