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Mr. Clark. In regard to the Baldwin Spot, I think I 

 know as much as the rest of you know, not much of any- 

 thing, about it. I never was troubled with it to amount to 

 anything. 



Pres. Does the exposure of the orchard have anything 

 to do with it? 



Mr. Clark. As far as I have noticed, I have seen it on 

 low ground, where it is more moist than it is higher up, and 

 also where there were more or less apples that have drop- 

 ped and lay on the ground and collected tilth. We seem 

 to find it more in such places as that than on good, high cul- 

 tivated soil. 



A Member, On soil that was pastured or fed with 

 sheep ? 



Mr. Clark. I don't think I have, so I think that cul- 

 tivation will help it. In regard to these varieties that our 

 friend Smith has talked about, I am not much of a variety 

 man. Now, of course it depends on where you can run in 

 any day, some of these soft varieties are all right, but ii 

 you are where you have to barrel and ship, in hot weather, 

 they don't stand up, and you have to wait until the weath- 

 er is cold and if it happened to get into the market on a 

 -day that is hot and muggy, of course the price drops and 

 you don't get anything for them. So it isn't safe to set 

 many of the soft varieties. In regard to what varieties to 

 «et, I won't call any names, but the head salesman of one 

 of the largest apple firms in the state told me that there 

 isn't an apple in the world for an all around apple that is 

 as good as the Baldwin ; and he probably handles as many 

 apples as any man in the state of Massachusetts. But of 

 course we are not going to set all Baldwins, but set accord- 

 ing to what you can sell in your local market or where you 

 do dispose of them. I can't tell you what to set, but as a 

 rule bank on the Baldwin pretty heavily, and let the other 

 ■varieties go, 



Pres. Mr. Henry of Connecticut has some specimen 

 fruit that he would like to show the audience. 



Mr. Henry. I think we had better put Mr. Smith's 

 apples in the background for a few minutes. (Removing 

 apples from table). The rest of the program is only going 

 to take just a minute, but whenever I go away from home t 

 like to take a few apples with me so as to have, them to eat, 



