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The trees responded bountifully to the care given them. 

 Spraying kept the apples free from fungus growth and 

 there were comparatively few wormy ones. The size and 

 color of the apples was much better than the previous years. 

 My sales were 200 per cent, greater than the first year ; this 

 I account for in several ways ; the fruit was of a higher 

 grade, they were sorted and graded more carefully, and I 

 understood selling them to better advantage. All the early 

 apples were sold as before in the square bushel boxes. In. 

 October I read about the Apple Show and how Mr. Castner 

 was engaged to demonstrate Western methods of packing; 

 that decided me to visit the show to see how the fruit should 

 be packed. I did not happen in at the right time to see a 

 demonstration but carefully noted the different packs in the 

 Western style boxes. The next week I ordered the desired 

 boxes, secured papers and proceeded to polish, wrap and 

 pack the Ben Davis apples for foreign shipment. The reas- 

 on I shipped the Ben Davis was, that the man who bought 

 my winter apples the previous year wanted my Baldwins 

 but declined any more Den Davis. Some of my neighbors 

 had done well with foreign shipments and why shouldn't I? 

 So for several days I worked industriously to get the apples, 

 that looked so beautiful but tasted so poorly, ready for 

 shipment. At last they went and I, tired, but proud of my 

 work, could hardly wait for the weeks to pass before my 

 cheek came back. When it came my disappointment was 

 great for I had only received half as much as I expected. I 

 shall ship no more apples as a speculation to England, as I 

 should have realized much more at private sale at home. 



Two-thirds of my Baldwins I sold at a good price un- 

 sorted, just as they were picked and placed in barrels. The 

 rest were carefully sorted in four grades, the firsts were sold 

 at private sale, all seconds of both Baldwins and Ben Davis 

 were sent in bushel boxes to a commission agent. The next 

 grade were sold to a caning Factory and the remainder for 

 cider apples. This coming year I shall endeavor to sell all 

 apples direct to eliminate the commission agent so as to get 

 all the profit for myself. All the profit is none too much. 

 Anyone who thinks that growing apples is a good scheme 

 for ''getting ruch quick" or a way to make money easily 

 had better not undertake it. There is good money in it but 

 only in payment for hard work; in spraying, pruning, cul- 

 tivating the trees, picking, packing attractive, put your 

 name or trade mark on the wrappers and boxes as a guaran- 



