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apples might be he never found any trouble in disposing of that 

 kind. All that was necessary was to offer them anywhere 

 known. 



The little insignificant looking Pomme Grise is a russet apple 

 that has been widely disseminated, though not extensively 

 planted, yet has no other merit than its extremely high quality. 



This home market needs to be cultivated. It is to-day the best 

 hold on the business of fruit growing. Fruits suited to the 

 demands of this consumption among our own people — juicy, 

 crisp, melting, rich, luscious and fragrant, always command a 

 price much above the ordinary barreling fruit grown for the 

 foreign market, and which nobody here wants for any purpose 

 so long as that of high quality is within reach. Unless this 

 chase after hardy kinds, and varieties whose only merit is to 

 stand up well on the shipping voyage, is stayed, we shall soon 

 find ourselves in the condition where we have no apples suited to 

 the wants of the critical home trade, and as a result, little home 

 demand cplling for apples. 



As wealth increases among the people a demand for the very 

 best of everything that can be produced keeps even pace with 

 that growth. These higher levels in fruit supply are never filled 

 and never will be. In the line of apple production the trend of 

 effort is not m that direction. With the Annapolis valley, 

 Ontario, New England, New York, and the whole belt of fruit 

 producmg country clear to the Rocky Mountain slopes planting 

 trees and growmg fruit for the foreign market, I here claim that 

 the best outlook ahead is with him who intelligently caters to the 

 home trade, basing his efforts on the business merits of quality. 



QUALITY A FACTOR IN FOREIGN TRADE. 



Throughout my entire experience with fruit and the fruit 

 markets I have noted that finally the appreciation of any variety 

 of fruit, and its resulting demand, settles down and finally rests 

 on its quality. One would infer from the apples we are shipping 

 abroad, and those kinds being planted for the foreign market, 

 that the Europeans do not like good apples. I believe if growers 

 and handlers of apples v/ould study that market more closely 

 they would find the evidence that, there as well as at home, 

 quality, when they can find it, is appreciated, and that dealers 



