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What, then, is needed? Better care of existing orchards; renova- 

 tion of some orchards declining under present management; the plant- 

 ing of new orchards with high-grade varieties and their cultivation after 

 the most approved methods ; and, finally, picking, packing and market- 

 ing the fruit in a thoroughly business-like manner. 



The new apple regions of the Northwest Pacific are successfully 

 competing, and in some degree securing the cream of the returns in the 

 markets of the east. There is no question in regard to the innate ability 





FIG. 28. A Niagara County homestead. Residence of the late Dr. Ring 



of the east to grow fruit of high quality, but so much of the grading 

 and packing is faulty that the reputation of the entire product is thereby 

 injured. 



The native as well as the introduced enemies of the apple are no 

 longer seriously feared by the first-class grower, but the acme of success 

 will not be attained until Niagara growers, in common with the fruit- 

 producers of other great apple-growing counties of western New York, 

 reorganize and remodel in large measure present methods of finishing 

 and handling their principal orchard product. That such a reorgani- 

 zation of method is now taking place and will go on rapidly in the future 

 is conceded. 



