SHALL "WE PLANT MOKE OECHARDS ? 69 



fifteen cents per pound. Under the most favorable cir- 

 cumstances one pound of the evaporated fruit will about 

 pay for the cost of evaporating a bushel. Moreovei 

 the skins and cores need not be wasted. A bushel wik 

 give about three and a half pounds of skins and cores, 

 and these sell for two and a half and three cents a ^jound 

 for making into jellies. 



Of ordinary apples from seven to twelve bushels are re- 

 quired for a barrel of cider. Wholesale dealers are now 

 selling cider in limited quantities at ten and twelve cents 

 per gallon. At present prices, cider apples certainly ought 

 to bring a fair return beyond the cost of manufacturing. 

 Cider vinegar, at retail, brings about a half moi-e per gallon ' 

 than cider, and it is generally in fair demand, though in- 

 ferior vinegars seriously interfere with its sale. The 

 local demand for cider vinegar is usually good among 

 those who appreciate its superiority. Apple butter is 

 coming into the markets to some extent, and were it 

 manufactured in sufficient quantity to give certainty to a 

 market, it would, no doubt, soon come into general de- 

 mand at good prices. 



SHALL WE PLANT MORE ORCHARDS ? 



This is a perennial question, wiiich presents itself 

 after every season of low prices in fruits, and one which 

 acts as a stumbling-block to the general farmer and fruit 

 grower alike. The impression somehow becomes current 

 that the prices rendered the grower from metropolitan 

 dealers in these years of great plenty should determine 

 the future supply of fruit. This is a fallacy which needs 

 correction. The farmer is bound to be undeceived if he 



