CHAPTER XXIX 

 COSTS, YIELDS, AND PROFITS 



The cost of an acre of apple trees. Just what does it cost to 

 grow an acre of apple trees to the age of twelve years? Estimates 

 by practical growers vary from $75.00 to $150.00 or more each 

 year, or from $1000.00 to $1550.00 for twelve years. It depends 

 on many factors, such as the size of the orchard in which the acre 



Alex. M.B. 2<)..z. Fall Pip. Gruv. old. N. S. P. S. T. K. Bald. R.I. Fam. Russet Spitz. Ben D. 



Fig. 162. Prices of apples on the New York market 



Based on figures obtained by H. B. Knapp of Cornell University 



Key to varieties: left to right, Alexander, Maiden Blush, Twenty Ounce, Fall Pippin, 



Gravenstein, < Hdenburg, Northern Spy, Pound Sweet, Tompkins County King, Baldwin, 



Rhode Island Greening, Fameuse, Russet, Spitzenburg, Ben Davis 



is contained, the cover crops, the number of sprayings, the kinds 

 and cost of spraying rigs and materials, the amount, kind, and 

 costs of the different fertilizer ingredients, the interest on the land, 

 the necessary equipment, — such as horse, plows, harrows, pruning 

 tools, ladder, and the like, — the efficiency and availability of the 

 labor, and miscellaneous charges. 



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