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of our early apples in them and of course brought them in- 

 to a nearby market on a truck and got big money, more 

 tlian we would out of a barrel. I believe the time is coming 

 when the average person, the consumer of the apple, wants 

 something in a bigger package, or something cheaper. Now, 

 your peach basket is only seven baskets to the barrel. 

 The price per basket is more expensive than it is per barrel. 

 People want a good apple at a reasonable price. We are 

 certainly going to grow the apples and we want to grow 

 them for that class of people that is going to use lots of 

 apples. We want to give that class of people good apples 

 at a reasonable price, which I believe can be done at a profit. 



MR. HANSON: T would like to ask ycm if you ever had 

 any complaint from the commission men about s'aipping ap- 

 ples in baskets, being too small a package. I mean this 

 way, that commission men would rather haiuUe a barrel of 

 Mcintosh than seven baskets of the same apple. I am quite 

 H specialist in fall apples and most every time the commis- 

 sion man would preach to me that the basket is too small, 

 that he would make more money on the barrel. 



MR, GEER : That has not been n^y experience, I\Ir. Han- 

 son. The commission men have told uie they would rather 

 handle baskets. I haven't any troublt> that wny at all. I 

 had letters this fall from several commission men that I 

 have not traded with lately that they wished they could 

 have some of our baskets of apples. 1 haven't had any 

 trouble in that line at all, no, sir. 



MR. WHITCOMB: I Avould like to ask the speaker 

 what advantage he thinks this bushel basket has over the 

 bushel box for shipping to the commission man? 



MR. GEER: By the bushel box, you mean what they 

 edll the Boston bushel box? 



MR. WHITCOMB: Yes. 



MR. GEER: I do not know exactly. I have talked with 

 several storekeepers in Springfield about them. I thought 

 I would try them. T have friends who send apples to Bos- 

 ton where thev arc r.sed entirelv. but T haven't been able 



