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the practical man as one "who practices the errors of his fore- 

 fathers." 



The opportunities are here. They have been admirably point- 

 ed out to you by the previous speakers at these sessions. 

 Natural and economic conditions will give us the leadership in 

 American apple production if we renovate our orchards and the 

 ideas of some of our orchardists, and adopt or adapt the meth- 

 ods that have brought such wonderful success to the apple 

 growers of the Pacific Coast. 



