l64 THE COXNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



So much for the methods and labor of reviving an old 

 orchard that was dying, as compared with one that is vigor- 

 ous, healthy and beautiful. 



Xow for the returns for my labor. In the fall of 1903, 

 I harvested 200 barrels of good apples. This crop was the 

 smallest, and poorest, I have received since that date ; 1904, 

 300 barrels ; 1905, 250 barrels ; 1906, 550 barrels ; 1907, 250 

 barrels; 1908, 700 barrels. No doubt you all remember the 

 wretched apple market we had during the winter of 1907- 

 1908. Two hundred barrels of the 250 which I harvested in 

 the fall of 1907, I sold for $5.00 per barrel, or for $1,000 for 

 the 200 barrels. 



I have just begun to sell No. 2 fruit for $4.50 to $5.00 

 per barrel from 1908 crop. If the No. 2 sells for $4.50, the 

 No. 1 may taste like money. 



My next orchard consists of 200 Baldwins, set in 1881. 

 It has received my personal care for 20 years, and is receiv- 

 ing plenty of pruning, spraying and cultivation and feeding, 

 and is giving me from 300 to 1,000 barrels of apples annually. 



My next orchard in age is 16 years old this spring, and 

 consists of 200 Baldwins, 30 Greenings and 35 Gravensteins. 

 In 1907 I harvested 800 barrels fancy Baldwins (besides many 

 boxes of Gravensteins) which sold for from $4.25 to $6.50 

 per barrel, while more common grades sold for $1.50 to $3.00. 

 This is the third crop I have received from this orchard. 



Next in age I have 150 Greenings, 200 Baldwins, 100 

 set 6 years ago. These trees are inter-set with peach, and 

 receive clean cultivation. Besides these I have 130 trees of 

 Early Williams, Red Astrachans, Porters, and Gravensteins, 

 most of which are bearing. These are nice varieties for sum- 

 mer and fall marketing. The figures that I have given in 

 this paper are from actual records and it is no fairy tale. 



Harvesting. 



My farm is located 85^ miles from a cold storage ware- 

 house. My apples are picked into burlap lined, drop han- 

 dle, half bushel baskets. They are poured into a running 



