MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS 



to handle, and apples keep better in small quan- 

 tities. The best apples are wrapped in tissue 

 paper with the name of the shipper printed on 

 it. In building up a market in fancy fruits, 

 hotels, clubs, and restaurants pay the best prices 

 and will take shipments regularly. Private cus- 

 tomers pay well but not always promptly. 



The secret of success In raising perfect fruit 

 is to keep the trees vigorous and healthy by 

 fertilizing, cultivating, and spraying. The or- 

 chard should be kept well cultivated from spring 

 until the middle of July, when clover Is sown 

 for a cover crop at the rate of six to twelve 

 pounds of red. Or eight to sixteen pounds of 

 crimson per acre. To provide vegetable matter 

 and to Improve the physical quality of the soil, 

 barnyard manure should be applied once in four 

 years, In the fall, at the rate of from five to ten 

 tons per acre. To aid In the decomposition of 

 vegetable matter, and to Insure a sufficiency of 

 lime as plant food, lime should be applied at 

 the rate of twenty-five bushels -per acre once in 

 five years. To provide in addition an abun- 

 dance of all forms of available plant food at 

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