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known to be honestly packed. If any one has not the proper 

 facilities for storing and wishes to sell all in a green state, he had 

 better, generally, sell as soon as possible after harvesting. We 

 as orchardists cannot too strongly condemn the practice of 

 putting good fruit in the ends of the barrel and poorer in the 

 middle. It is a disgrace to the business and injures all of us and 

 the only safety for honest packers is to have their own names 

 on each and every package they put up. I think buyers and 

 packers are doing a greater injury to the business than are the 

 fruit growers themselves. The first time any one sends a really 

 fancy, honestly packed lot of fruit to market the buyer says. Oh, 

 I guess it is packed as usual and I cannot pay any extra for it, 

 but when he finds it to be nice and he wants to buy again, he 

 will inquire for the same brand and as soon as he finds that it 

 can be relied on he will pay an extra price. In selling apples 

 and working for a good reputation in the business it is much the 

 best way to find the right commission merchant and stick to him 

 and let him have all your fruit to sell. One of the most import- 

 ant principles for an extensive, and, I might say all fruit growers, 

 is to look ahead and be prepared for all the mishaps that may befall 

 his business. Some years, the present especially. No. 2 fruit is 

 not worth anything. Some times high winds will sweep the 

 fruit completely from the trees and manv other conditions mav 

 happen that render the fruit unfit for market. At such times 

 there is only one chance to make a profit on the fruit and I pre- 

 fer to take that one chance and that chance is to prepare it for 

 market by canning or evaporating. 



If we neglect to fit up until such things come upon us it is 

 generally too late to take advantage of them. Very much the 

 best way is to look ahead as though we were expecting such to 

 happen and be all ready and prepared to take care of and use 

 up all such fruit at any time. I find it quite an alleviation to my 

 grief at such times to be so prepared. In making preparation 

 for taking care of the fruit crop don't forget to store up a sum 

 of cash to draw on at such a time for it costs something to pro- 

 perly take care of a fruit crop, but it will pay if anything will. I 

 should not hestitate to hire money to do so as I have had to 

 sometimes. I have put about fifty cents into each barrel of my 

 No. 2 apples since harvesting, in evaporating them this year. It 



