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On the B grade, 2 1-4. Of course with the Baldwins, you 

 are required to give 35 percent color, and practically free 

 from defects, with a range of 10 percent in the A grade. 

 The color isn't considered in the B grade, but we have not 

 placed any apples infected with aphis or any other blatantly 

 bad defects. We have made a very good B grade. 



This year, we were able to sell our ungraded apples. 

 Last year, 1916, there wasn't such a demand for apples as 

 this year, and we did not attempt to sell ungraded in the out- 

 side markets. They were sold in Marlboro. 



To show you about the home market, we had a little 

 fair and an exhibit in Marlboro. The townspeople came 

 in and were very much interested in the apples, and they 

 wanted to know what they could be purchased for. The 

 men in the Exchange quoted them the wholesale prices. 



The people demurred, and said it was too much. I said 

 "Here, we do not care to sell you these apples, we are merely 

 doing it out of interest in our home place, because we can 

 receive the same price for these apples on the farm. If we 

 sell them to you, we have to go to the bother of a house to 

 house delivery, which takes time. If you do not want them, 

 gentlemen, please don't place your orders," We received 

 orders for four barrels of apples. 



A MEMBER: Do you grade them as they come from 

 the machine, or do they have to be handled again? 



ME. GAGE : They have to be handled again. The ma 

 chine merely sizes. You have to be very careful. Mr. 

 Dodd, who is present in the room, is probably just as good a 

 man as there is in the Exchange on handling early fruit, 

 which bruises much more easily than the harder apples. He 

 took the machine and padded it up very carefully and was 

 extremely successful in grading his apples that way, receiv- 

 ing practically unheard of prices for his fruit. 



MR. WHARTON: I would like to ask Mr. Gage what 

 sizer is used. 



MR. GAGE : I guess Mr. Brown is more competent to 

 answer that than I am. 



