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it red color there would not be enough to supply the de- 

 mand. Even while it is a better apple for using during No- 

 vember, the Baldwin crowds it and why? Because the 

 Baldwin looks more inviting. It pleases the eye, makes the 

 first impression. What demand do you think there would 

 be for strawberries if they were white? I'll wager the 

 consumption would decrease each year and finally cease. 

 Therefore when intending to grow fruit remember there is 

 always an unfilled home market for red strawberries, red 

 raspberries, red apples, blue grapes. 



Keep in mind how handsome a dish of blue Concord 

 grapes looks. How attractive a dinner table is with straw- 

 berries, blackberries, raspberries, or a plate of Mcintosh 

 apples. I'll bet there isn't a man in this room but what 

 would look twice at a young lady going by having on a red 

 sweater, while the same ]\liss wearing a white cape might 

 hardly be noticed. 



I am very safe in saying to each of you that in a com- 

 mercial sense you cannot produce too many fine apples, 

 raspberries, strawberries and blackberries. They would find 

 a ready market in all your nearby cities and towns as well as 

 in Boston, which is open to you all the time and can be easily 

 and quickly reached by the expresses for the small fruits 

 and freight trains for barreled apples. I believe the pos- 

 sibilities of fruit growing on the hills of Massachusetts are 

 immense. They are equal and, I think, I could say, exceed 

 those of any other section or state. Look at the population 

 of Massachusetts. Notice, please, that at present only a 

 very small quantity of the fruit eaten comes from the soil 

 of this good state. 



It is up to the grower to obtain good big profits, a 

 small compensation, or make a failure. Let me repeat, the 

 "hills of Massachusetts are with us, the soil is here, the mar- 

 kets nearby and the success or failure lies wholly in the one 

 who is to do the work. Success is yours if you want it. 



I wish I could impress upon every man here that the 

 possibility of growing such fruits in ]\Iassachusetts as our 

 climate will permit are not realized. You have everything 

 provided for you to grow apples and berries. The only thing 

 lacking is the will power to perform the work. I ara 

 afraid too many of the men who own the rich lands of our 

 tills do not appreciate what has been given them, or else 



