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had all my meals on trains and they were of all kinds, too : 

 the only thing- we were shy on was apples — I forg-ot, thev 

 presented me with a bunch of Ben Davises, but I knew bet- 

 ter. I knew I was coming to Connecticut, and already I 

 have got my pockets filled with Greenings, Baldwins, and 

 Golden Russets. I see a great big increase in your attend- 

 ance since two years ago. I see, too, you have an old orig- 

 inal toastmaster, a good man, although he does raise Elber- 

 tas, but only for commercial purposes, for thev are not fit 

 to eat. I notice he don't eat them at home. You have got 

 something- else that pleases me, a good agricultural colleg-e. 

 Do you know that Western men are coming to the Eastern 

 agricultural colleges and into the East to grow fruit? Do 

 you know why? Because we have the markets. Don't you 

 think for 'a moment that you have got to go outside your 

 own county. The biggest markets in the world are right 

 near you ; some of you can drive into them ; others can send 

 their fruit by the trolleys. You have got New York : they 

 are shipping onions from Texas and imitation fruit from 

 the West to New York. See what your opportunities are. 

 Some people sa}- we must start a campaign of education to 

 teach folks to eat fruit. A child is born with a taste for 

 fruit. The first thing a child will grab is an apple, and New 

 York can't, simply can't get fruit. Last summer you couldn't 

 buy a decent pear in the New York markets, and yet there 

 were cars of Keififers rotting in the railroad yards. \Miy? 

 Because New Yorkers just won't eat cordwood and kind- 

 lings and pay fruit prices for it. Don't raise that kind of 

 fruit. Raise quality and you will get there. New York is 

 at last catching on. New York is made up of all sorts and 

 styles and kinds. It can't raise anybody ; it isn't big enough. 

 They all come in from outside. England, Scotland and 

 Wales are selling potatoes in New York City and it costs 

 them the freight and expenses to land them, 74^^ cents a 

 bushel, and they are thanking God they can get the New 

 York market at 90 cents a bushel. You can beat them, can't 

 you ? You have your experimental stations to help you. 



