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middle of August, following this with Wealthy, then Mcin- 

 tosh, then Baldwins, then Wagener. The latter need not be 

 picked before the middle of October or even later. This 

 would give the second man two months in which to do his 

 picking, or an average of around 60 barrels per day. Any one 

 who has ever attempted to manage a picking crew will easily 

 see the great advantage to the second owner. 



Third, a longer list of varieties insures some fruit each 

 year. If the Mcintosh are not bearing the Baldwins will be; 

 if the Baldwins are off the Wageners will be bearing. 



Fourth, it increases the chances of pleasing customers. 

 This is not an extremely important item but still it is worth 

 considering, since one customer prefers one kind of apple 

 while another prefers some other kind. 



Fifth, it may utilize the t\-pes of soil better. One variety, 

 as already suggested, does well on a light soil, another on a 

 medium soil, and another on a rather heavy soil. 



Sixth, it enables the owner to hold his markets better. 

 If he has a continuous supply of apples available from the 

 beginning of the season until the end, he can dispose of them 

 much better than if he has one early and one late and loses 

 the market in between. 



Seventh, it lengthens the period of income. This ought not 

 to be an important matter, but as most men are constituted 

 it is. 



Looking at the other side of the question, the disadvan- 

 tages from the increase in the number of varieties, we have, 

 first, that it decreases the chances of selling the entire crop 

 to one buyer. This would be an important consideration in 

 those sections where the practice is to sell the crop, either on 

 the trees or in the packing house, to a buyer who takes the 

 entire crop at one sale; and in certain sections the advantages 

 enumerated above might be more than offset by this single 

 disadvantage. 



Second, it may lower the efficiency of the orchard because 

 it includes less efficient varieties. For example, Wealth\' and 

 Mcintosh are both extremely efficient varieties, growing large 

 crops of good apples. If one plants some Oldenburgs or some 

 Spies or some Gravensteins, he is likelj' to reduce the efficiency 



