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about fifteen apples to the foot or perhaps two feet. They 

 were making an exhibit there for a purpose, and that was 

 to show what could be done in producing apples without 

 a blemish. 



The Chairman. These apples were not thinned. 



Mr. Willard. The remainder of the apples were thinned. 

 A few weeks after that Professor Waugh from Cornell Uni- 

 versity called at my place and incidentally found my men 

 sorting these apples and packing them for market. Profes- 

 sor Waugh said he knew the apple very well, and also said, 

 " Willard, if you had not grown these apples and had not 

 told us what the variety was, we would scarcely have be- 

 lieved it, simply because we have never seen apples of that 

 variety of that size." I told him all that had been done was 

 to thin them. Professor Waugh said, " We have never 

 seen them so large, and I believe there is more in the man 

 than there is in the fruit." I told him no, there was not 

 much in the man. 



What I am trying to get at is this : the apples should 

 have matured in October, but they matured in Septem- 

 ber, simply because the season had been advanced. They 

 brought four dollars per barrel in Philadelphia. There is 

 business. There is an apple that will give perfect fruit 

 without the expense of spraying, and they will practically 

 sell themselves. 



Secretary Sessions. Did you mean to be understood 

 that this particular apple will be safe from insects without 

 spraying or simply from fungus? 



Mr. Willard. They were sprayed for the codling moth. 

 We can develop a line of apples that has a foliage so perfect 

 as not to require spraying because of fungus. 



Mr. Hale. Just one word : I hope you have listened to 

 every word that Brother Willard has said. He is the most 

 successful business fruit grower in America. The one thing 

 he dropped there is worth thousands, yes, millions "of dol- 

 lars, and that was, thin your apples. If you do not listen 

 to him this afternoon at all, go home and remember that one 

 thing and you will be enriched by his coming here, — tre- 

 mendously so. Thin your apples. That is business. 



Mr. Benj. P. Ware (of Marblehead) . You said a medium- 



