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owing to our being able to secure refrigerator space on 

 steamers. This variety sells well on account of its being 

 the first red apple to appear on the Liverpool market. 

 Gravensteins, when plentiful, find their way to the other 

 side, and are followed by Baldwins, which in some seasons 

 are shipped as early as September 10th. The growers, who 

 go over their trees selecting the best colored fruit, are the 

 most successful in their early shipments, red fruit being 

 most in demand in all the markets abroad. 



This season, those who shipped their apples early, ob- 

 tained the best results, and it has been my experience for .\ 

 number of years that the growers who have followed this 

 plan every year, get the largest net return for their crop, 

 A large proportion of our Massachusetts crop can be market- 

 ed before the Baldwins in Canada and New York State are 

 ready to pick, and why not take advantage of the situation? 

 Of course, in some seasons, the English markets will not take 

 a large quanity of our apples, in early September, if their 

 home crop is heavy, but their fruit being about all green 

 varieties, does not interfere with the sale of our red stock. An- 

 other reason why our apples are preferred to the English 

 fruit, is because of our more attractive package and better 

 grading. The British fruit grower has no barrel or box 

 factory at hand, and is obliged to use hampers, baskets or 

 crates. You can imagine in what poor condition the fruit 

 must arrive in the market, although it travels but a short 

 distance. 



Apples are sold in Great Britain at retail by the pound, 

 and a medium sized, well colored, even graded barrel of 

 fruit sells the best. Of course, all apples must be solidly 

 packed to prevent bruising, and better results are often ob- 

 tained for under grades that are packed in this manner, than 

 for larger fruit which is loosely put up. The standard 

 bushel box of this state is being used for export, by a few 

 shippers, and is a good package in which to ship early vari- 

 ties that will not stand the hard pressing, if packed in bar- 

 rels. On the whole, I do not think it advisable to use the 



