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requires some courage but I believe it will pay me something, 

 especially if there should be a short crop next year. In some 

 like instances I have realized more money from my No. 2"s than 

 from the No. I's. 



It may be asked if every one used up all their poorer apples 

 in the way I speak of, if the market would not be over crowded 

 with such products? Well, if it should be, it would be no worse 

 than it is to over supply it with the green fruit and it would 

 relieve it of so much poor fruit. Seldom or never would the 

 price of canned or evaporated fruit go so low as not to leave 

 something to the credit of the apples, at least this has been my 

 experience and if it is stored and held over another year and there 

 should happen to be a light crop, then there would be a good 

 profit and sometimes a great one. I am convinced and have 

 been for years, that if I did not use up my poorer fruit as I do 

 I should loose more than one-half of the profit from my orchard. 



DISCUSSION. 



Q. I would like to inquire how long it is since Mr. Whittier 

 came to the conclusion that apples do not sweat? 



A. As long ago as I wrote for the "Home Farm" I advanced 

 the idea that apples do not sweat. Dr. Hoskins said it was just 

 what he had known for a long time but he "Didn't dare to take 

 so big a bull by the horns." It is caused by the apples being 

 colder than the atmosphere around them. You carry a stone 

 from outdoors and you can hardly get it down cellar before it 

 will be wet. So it is with apples if they are stored where the 

 temperature is constantly changing. Perhaps there will be a 

 warm spell, perhaps a foggy spell; and a foggy spell is worse 

 than a warm spell. Then if you let your apples stay out until 

 they are almost frozen, when they are put in the cellar they will 

 sweat as you call it, and it will be a long time before they dry 

 off. 



O. When is the best time to pick winter apples? 



A. I commence on those that need picking first. You can 

 readily tell by the color of the apple and the ease with which 

 they pick. I commence with the Rhode Island Greenings; if 

 I let them be on the trees as long as the Baldwins they will 

 mostly be on the ground. The Northern Spy I leave until the 



