People have not turned away from apples. In the 

 last 5 years they have eaten 3 times as many apples as 

 oranges and 6 times as many apples as grapefruit. If we 

 do plant more orchards in New England we shall not 

 wreck the market, for prices are affected by the supply 

 of all fruits in the country. We grow but about 5% of the 

 total apple crop. The last census showed about 

 6,000,000 apple trees in New England. If all these trees 



lived 50 years we would have to plant 120,000 more 

 trees per year in New England in order to maintain the 

 number of trees. We haven't been doing that. Theman 

 who knows his business should plant in the right places 

 making a careful choice of varieties and plant acreage 

 enough to give him a satisfactoiy living. There is still 

 a chance for apple glowing in New England as a sound 

 conservative industry. 



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