18 FRUIT-GROWING 



the orchards of New York. They were good 

 apples to start with, but it was a physical im- 

 possibility to move them to distant cities 

 profitably. On the other hand, small commer- 

 cial orchards in districts not largely devoted 

 to growing apples, sold their crops at an ad- 

 vantage and could in most cases have sold more 

 fruit. 



I know of one man who has a profitable or- 

 chard near a thriving city in Ohio. His county 

 is not an "apple" county. There are in fact 

 but few orchards of any size in the county. 

 This man sells his entire crop at home and fre- 

 quently has to import apples from other states 

 to take care of his orders. He is not bothered 

 with transportation problems. 



Then, too, the question of transportation 

 should be carried a bit further when we con- 

 sider the location of the orchard. The initial 

 transportation of the fruit from the orchard to 

 the railroad should not be overlooked. With 

 good roads an apple orchard might be located 

 ten miles from a station — or twenty. Truck 

 transportation would take care of the distance. 

 With bad roads, about the only solution of the 

 problem would be to have the railroad run right 

 through the orchard. 



In our own section the roads are gradually 

 improving — oh, not with any great rush you 

 understand, but they are slowly reaching that 



