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but I left very hurriedly yesterday morning and I didn't 

 have any time ; so yesterday afternoon I went down into the 

 street here and found some very nice looking apples in the 

 window of one of the stores, and I went into the 

 store and I said to the clerk, "I want some 

 apples and he said, ''These are some western apples," and 

 I said, "I want some to eat, not to look at," and he said, 

 "Our New England apples are back there." I thought it 

 was rather queer to have the New England apples in the 

 back of the store, but I saw a large sign up there, "Choice 

 Massachusetts Baldwins." I thought that there I would 

 find some apples to eat, and I have brought a few of them 

 along with me. You know that apples haven't sold very 

 well this year and there has been a good deal of complaint. 

 (Exhibits a dozen very poor cider apples). These are just 

 as I got them, "Choice Massachusetts Baldwins," at one of 

 your best stores in town. (Laughter). That is no joke, 

 that is the straight truth. (Great applause and laughter). 



A Member. How much did you pay? 



Mr. Henry. They were marked five cents a quart, but 

 that is the kind of fruit that a woman buying it is so dis- 

 gusted with it that she isn't going to buy any more. 



A Member. How is it with a man? 



Mr. Henry. His language isn't fit to print, very likely. 

 But really, when we complain of the lack of sale of fruit 

 and then you can go into your best stores in town — it is 

 just the same where I am — and these are what they call 

 "choice Baldwins," it is no wonder that people in the cit- 

 ies don't buy more fruit. I guess we had better cover these 

 up. 



A Member. Are they Baldwins? 



Mr. Henry. Yes, all Baldwins, they grew on a Bald- 

 win tree, I suppose. But, seriously, we have got to grow a 

 better apple at a reasonable price, so that folks can eat 

 them. We can't get six or seven dollars a barrel. We 

 have got to grow cheap apples, but we have got to grow 

 something decent. 



Mr. Race. I heard Mr. Henry say yesterday he didn't 

 trim his trees very much. 



Mr. Brown of Conn. That is one of the greatest trou- 

 bles we have this year in the market business. With ^is 

 in Connecticut, we have got the village of Putnam. We see 



