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I don't think they ever heard of Jonathan Edwards or a mul- 

 titude of good NeAv England people that you know all about 

 and I know very little about. 



They began to swear and pull their hair and tell what 

 .nn old ass this man was that published the paper and pu'c 

 those ridiculous prices in there to fool the farmers. It 

 went along and they said, "We Avill fool him, Ave w411 go up 

 the state and Ijuy all these apples and he won't have any 

 apples to sell at auction." So another council was held and 

 it was decided to go up in the Hudson River Valley and 

 take a look around, and the next morning at seven, Mr. 

 Dillon, the chauffeur and myself left in an automobile to 

 look the orchards over. AVe went directly to Will Teator's 

 orchard, well known to be a large orchard, carefully cared 

 for, properly sprayed and producing fruit of excellent 

 Quality. 



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If you are going to sell something, be sure you have 

 something good to sell, because your customer always pre- 

 fers to buy good stuff rather than Avormy rubbish, even in 

 the apple line. So we talked the matter over and he said 

 the best offer he had had was $2.00 a barrel for his fruit but 

 that he would not consider it. We told him that if he 

 Avould let us head the list Avith his orchard, Ave could get 

 together on a combination orchard sale. He said he Avould 

 cind we said "Get into the automobile Avith us and Ave Avill 

 cake the thing up Avith your neighbors." 



That night Ave returned Avith a list of 30,000 barrels of 

 apples. We Avent to INIr. Deyo's orchard and to IMr. Pal- 

 mer's orchard and investigated the apples. From that 

 section Ave got another combination sale together and we 

 advertised the sale by telephone from >\[r. Palmer's house 

 rnd let the Avide, Avide Avorld know that Ave Avere going to 

 sell most exx/ellent fruit in the Hudson River Valley at 

 public auction in the orchards, and bidders would have ten 

 days to go and investigate and see what they Avere to bid 

 en ; that buyers from the Avest Avere solicited to come. So 

 that Avhen the fruit Avas packed, it Avould not be shipped 



