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apples ? " In either case Jones wants to be in a position to 

 supply the demand; in other words, he does not want to 

 work up a market for his Yellow Transparents, and then 

 drop it when Williams Early are in season, and allow his 

 customers to forget all about Jones before his Mclntoshes 

 come on. I have known a man, and a good business man, too, 

 who refused 50 cents a barrel more for his Spies than he 

 could sell them for to his regular customers, merely because 

 he did not want to break the connection. For such a grower 

 as we are now considering, I do not believe that ten or a 

 dozen varieties are too many. This may sound like rank 

 heresy, but if the varieties are selected with the proper care 

 and consideration, I am sure that it is right. 



But, whichever market one is working for, there are cer- 

 tain characteristics in fruit and tree which ought to be consid- 

 ered, though their relative importance will vary somewhat. 

 I have a great weakness for score cards, because it seems to 

 me that they will help us to reduce our judgments to a more 

 definite basis, and help one who lacks experience to give 

 more nearly proper weight to each point. I have therefore 

 worked out the following score card, which I have used in 

 my classes with good results, and which I believe will help 

 the intending planter to give the proper rating to each va- 

 riety : — 



Score Card for a Commercial Variety of Apples. 



Tree 



1. Heavy bearer, 



2. Early bearer, 



3. Healthy and vigorous, 



Fruit 



4. Fair size, 



5. Good color, 



6. Good quality, 



7. Keeps well, 



8. Ships well, . 



This is by no means an ideal score card, but it represents 

 fairly accurately my notions as to the comparative value 



