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depth. Of course every apple is sound, and you 

 have been as honest with yourself as with your cus- 

 tomers. With proper experience you will learn 

 that the bins of Kings and Spitzenburgs should be 

 sold by the end of January, while those of Green- 

 ing, Baldwin, and Jonathan may remain into Feb- 

 ruary and March, and Newtown Pippins and 

 Swaars and Russets can be held until May. 



Your No. 2 apples should be graded about as 

 those commonly seen in market as No. 1. They 

 will sell at a lower price, and they will keep until 

 midwinter, but they will need examination and 

 occasional sorting. The No. 3 grade includes only 

 fruit slightly defective, of the choicest sorts. The 

 balance should go as quickly as possible into cider; 

 but even the cider apples should be graded, so as 

 to use the most perishable stock first. 



Every one who owns fifty apple trees should have 

 a small cider press and a gasoline engine. Such 

 a press should turn to cider all wasting products 

 — either apples or pears. When there is not a 

 good market for cider it should go into vinegar 

 barrels. Whenever your crop is one hundred and 

 fifty barrels, if you have cared for it properly, 

 about ninety barrels should be first grade; about 



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