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" The only just way to buy or sell fruit is by the 

 pound. I find that the first and most important 

 part is to grow good varieties and quality, and have 

 but little trouble to sell the fruit, if properly picked 

 and packed. I sold my Jonathans and Grimes for 

 50 cents for windfalls to $1.50 a bushel box, while 

 I could not get an offer for Ben Davis at 25 cents 

 a bushel. I find that Ingrams sold as readily after 

 holidays as Jonathans did before. The Ingram apple 

 is without doubt the best keeper that grows in the 

 Ozarks, and, with extra care, can be grown to a fair 

 size. I would store all light-colored apples in a cool 

 storage or big cellar, as they require a milder tem- 

 perature than Jonathan, Ben Davis, or Ingram. One 

 empty barrel cost me the same as three boxes. 



" I used a packing table for Jonathan and other 

 fancy apples, mounted on sled runners and drawn 

 behind the wagon with empty boxes. I used the 

 California picking bag and another year will use 

 one-bushel baskets on a double-decked wagon, and 

 pack under a shed adjoining my cool storage, or 

 concrete apple cellar, 32 x 64 feet, roof and all con- 

 crete. In March I sold number one and fancy 

 Jonathan and Ingrams for $2 a bushel box, and 

 there is no reason why we should not get as good 

 prices as others, with the same quality and care." 



MARKETING APPLES 



Walter Snyder, a Maryland apple dealer, writes 

 concerning the marketing of apples, that " the 

 apple should be hand picked. When I say hand 

 picked, I do not mean to take a fence rail or a club 

 and knock the fruit down on the ground and pick 

 up by hand, as is the custom prevailing in some 

 sections of our state. Ladders should be provided 



