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that were selling perhaps this year for Y5 cents and $1 a 

 bushel, a little later were selling for one-third more, and 

 I don't know but for double that amount. I know that the 

 added profit would easily pay the interest on the investment. 

 Mr. G. F. Morse. Would it not be valuable for Bartlett 

 pears ? They are a quick-ripening, quick-softening pear, and 

 I should think it would be just as valuable for them as it 

 would for apples. I believe that it could be profitably used 

 for both pears and peaches. In the early part of September, 

 when the Elbertas come along, if a man could hold back a 

 week he would undoubtedly double the price ; this could also 

 be done with pears, and especially with Bartletts. It doesn't 

 make any difference what a man is selling, if he can hold 

 back for a few days, say a week to two weeks, he will often 

 double the price received and sometimes even more. Cold 

 storage helps out the other fellow who has not such facilities, 

 also, in preventing a glut on the market. If every grower 

 were equipped with a plant, prices would be better and the 

 fruit season would last longer for the consumer. 



