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enough to study our markets. If we have "Gravensteins," Bos- 

 ton is ready to take those. If we have "Nodheads" the Boston 

 buyer says, "We are not well enough acquainted with them,, 

 don't want them up here." Portland wants them. If we have 

 the "Starkey" apple, Bath says: "We know what that is. We 

 will take them." The "Maiden Blush" Boston is ready for. 

 New York or Philadelphia, because they know it. Therefore 

 let us study our markets more if we wish to get rid of these 

 varieties which we cannot ship. Your little markets here will 

 take a few barrels, — I know how it is with us in Augusta and 

 in Lewiston, — put in a few barrels of a certain kind and they 

 glut the market, take that same apple and ship it to Boston, 

 and we can get twice or three times as much if it is a variety 

 that they are acquainted with. Therefore, find out before you 

 ship your apples what market wants that variety and make a 

 little more of a study of the market. 



Prof. MuNSON — I would like to ask whether any members 

 of the society have tried any of these small packages, tried put- 

 ting up fancy fruits in fancy packages. 



Mr. Kn'Owlton — Mr. President: The matter has been dis- 

 cussed once or twice before our society and some fruit growers 

 in the State have been sending fruits in a new style package^ 

 hoping that they might get better returns from it. But some 

 of those fruit-growers whom I happen to know have not done 

 the job well, they have taken a great deal of pains to wrap the 

 apples, but some of the apples were not very good. The con- 

 sequence is they didn't get good returns. Now the secret of 

 the thing is, if I understand it, to get a choice apple in the 

 market in prime condition. When you do that you are going 

 to get good prices, whether you wrap it or don't wrap it. Of 

 course you can't expect for culinary purposes to do quite as 

 you would for dessert purposes. Something Prof. Munson 

 alluded to here, — you go about the city here most any time 

 except winters, a surplus of autumn fruit and it is hard work 

 finding good apples; but oranges enough come from Cali- 

 fornia; you find bananas enough that come from Cuba or 

 somewhere else a good ways ofif that will sell for less than you 

 can get apples, — and worse than that you can't get any good 

 apples. Well, now, I hope that the way may be opened for 



