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doing. He is a splendid worker, and a very intelligent man, and 

 he is doing a lot to help develop this fruit business, especially 

 in the matter of small fruits, and in pears. I have no doubt' the 

 government, next fall, will cooperate to test what can be done 

 relative to this peach question. 



Mr. Hoyt : Did I understand you correctly, that you had an 

 order from Chicago for Rhode Island Greenings? 



Mr. Foster: Yes, sir. 



Mr. Hoyt : Is it usual for you to receive orders for other 

 varieties of eastern apples to go to Chicago? If so, it seems to 

 me that is significant. 



Mr. Foster : No. They are sending some to Chicago from 

 Western New York. They are sending some Baldwins, and 

 5uch local varieties as that. There is a scarcity in Chicago of 

 Greenings, because it is an apple which has been neglected. 



Mr. Hoyt : What I wanted to find out was whether Chicago 

 people wanted eastern apples in preference to those raised 

 through the West? 



Mr. Foster: The Chicago market is paying $4.50 for Bald- 

 wins, against $3 to $4 for their finest Ben Davis. The Baldwins 

 in the western market always will be ahead of the Ben Davis. 

 Of course it is the western Ben Davis which has flooded the 

 market this year. Our sending fruit out there is simply an 

 incident in the development of the business. Of course, it is 

 governed by the crop out there to some extent. Last year we 

 were shipping apples to Omaha and Kansas City. This year 

 they are coming from that way here. 



Mr. Hoyt : When they have a scarcity there, of course, you 

 ship there. The prices are better I suppose? 



Mr. Foster : Last year they did, yes, sir. 



Mr. Hoyt: I thought it was quite significant if they wanted 

 eastern apples out there in the face of their own big crops. 

 That would be saying that the eastern apples were the better. 



Mr. Foster: My dear sir, let me assure you that the Alaine 

 apple has brought, and will bring in the markets of the United 

 Kingdom, if it is properly cultivated and taken care of, the 

 highest price of any apples. Eastern apples have been allowed 

 to degenerate. The Connecticut apple has been allowed to 

 run down. And it is not only so here, but it is so all over 

 this eastern section of the countrv. I can ride for a hundred 



