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4. "A big orange crop do'isn't j.nterfore seriously with tlie 



sale of good apples. People just eat more fr-ait. vYe 

 are selling more apples and more oranges this yoc.r than 

 usual." (But this doesn't prove that a big orange crop 

 doesn't affect the price of iipples. Also, conrumers 

 have more money to spend this winter than for some time.) 



5. "V.lien lettuce is cheap and good, v;e sell more apples for 



salads . " 



6. "Think it might be a good iaea to mark culls "culls" when 



offered for sale. V'e'd ratJier not sell them at all." 



7. "Several of the big cider mills are offering a very good 



grade of cider in the Springfield area. Some mills, 

 especially little fellows, are selling poor stuff. They 

 ought to have to clean up or quit the business. Good 

 cider sells v/ell. The big demand is for clarified cider 

 without preservatives. If tlieir cider ferments before 

 we sell it, it is picked up by the good companies and 

 put into vinegar. V/e don't get stuck v/ith it." 



8. "The best early apple to sell is Gravenstein. " 



9. "Local Delicious are coming in larger sizes than they did 



a fev; years ago. They sell better." 



10. "V/e get some LIcIntosh that are fine in everything but color. 



They are hard to sell. Couldn't these growers do some- 

 thing to get better color on their fruit?" 



11. "The truck men ruin lots of Mcintosh by slamming them around. 



They are always in a hurrj;- to make z schedule and \Ye can't 

 do anything with them. Ho, they don't slam eggs around, 

 but that's different." 



12. "VvTiy do so many fruit growers over-face their apples? The 



bottom of the boxes don't clean up and we have to allow 

 for losses there to protect outselves." 



13. "The Northeastern 'ci-ate' is the best package for local 



apples. They ought to be stacked on the sides. V/lij^ use 

 cartons when v;e have to take the apples out to sell them? 

 Two-pound or five-pound packages have not helped apple 

 sales much so far, and we don't see much future for them 

 in Springfield." P^^ ^^ y^^ j^j^^^^ 



Quality and Season 



There has been some disappointment this season, among 

 growers and consumers, with the quality of some of our Massachu- 

 setts apples. The idea prevails, especially among some "con- 

 noisseurs" of quality, that many lots of apples, particularly 



