COST OF PRODUCING APPLES — WESTERN NEW YORK. 



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shaken from the trees and used almost exclusively for drier stock. 

 However, since the price of barreled fruit has advanced, the practice 



Fig. 9. — A small apple drier, Wayne County, N. Y. 



of shaking apples from the trees has become a thing of the past. 

 Growers seem to find it more to their liking to sell this stock rather 



Fig. 10. — Delivering cider apples in bulk to the cider mill. 



than dry it themselves. One often finds a farmer, however, who still 

 dries his own stock and what other dryable fruit he is able to buy in 



