TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAl MEETING. 179 



€en years ag^o, and that time you could buy apples for a 

 dollar and a dollar and a half a barrel, while to-day you can 

 ^et from four to five dollars a barrel right here in the city 

 of Hartford. Last year, of course, we got six or seven dol- 

 lars a barrel. We did not have so big a crop. We have got 

 a big crop this year, but there are a lot of poor apples. Of 

 course, they have got to be worked ofif. There have been a 

 great many apples stored on account of the high prices, 

 which are being brought forward at this time. I think we 

 will continue to have a good market. 



j\1r. Ives : You think people will eat apples a little 

 faster if we crowd the market? 



President Rogers : ]\Ir. Ives, isn't it true that if you 

 give the people a pretty good thing to eat they are liable to 

 eat a little more? If you get a g^ood mince pie. and get the 

 taste of it in your mouth, and then you get a poor one, you 

 don't want it. It is just so with the people buying apples. 

 After they have had a taste of some good ones they have no 

 use for the other kind. 



Now we will take up some of the questions on the pro- 

 gram list. There are quite a number which were brought up 

 yesterda}-, but which I suppose might be brought up again, 

 because some new and useful points may be brought out. 



Mr. Gray : Mr. President, would you mind taking up 

 Question 12: "Is orchard heating practical in the East?" 

 Can that be answered please? 



President Rogers : I do not know of anybody who has 

 ever tried that here. Is there any gentleman here who can an- 

 swer that question? I do not know anything about that my- 

 self, and I do not know of any member of this Society that 

 has ever tried it. I should like to hear from someone who 

 has had experience in the matter. 



Here is another question that I will put to you: "What 

 fertilizer, if any, will assist in giving a high color tO' apples?" 

 Air. Henry, can you answer that? 



Mr. Henry: Mr. Chairman. I think it has all been 



