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results. They do little summer cultivation, in the orchards. They 

 plow in the spring and plant some kind of crop. 



We have very good facilities for handling the crop. There are 

 two cold storage plants, with capacity of 20,000 to 30,000 barrels of 

 apples. The rates for storage are 50c for the six months, and in very 

 few instances are the apples sold at picking time. They are kept in 

 cold storage till January, February and March. 



We badly need some sort of strong organization among the fruit 

 growers. I mean a local organization. We have a state organization, 

 but I believe we ought to have a county organization. Our local 

 Fruit Growers' Association has done good, but they have many more 

 things to do. A good many of the growers want to get into packing 

 and marketing co-operatively, standardizing the pack and marking 

 the boxes. They want to use box packing, as there is a box factory 

 right in the town, and we can persuade them to make apple boxes 

 and sell them to the fruit producers at a reasonable price, I believe. 



I do not suppose there is a place in Kentucky, where apples 

 are grown, that is not over-run with pests. Our chief pest in Hender- 

 son County is the San Jose scale, but we are getting the best re- 

 sults possible from spraying. Some use power sprayers and some 

 hand pumps, both of which give good results. Some of the largest 

 orchards have two power sprayers working at the same time to com- 

 bat the codling moth, as the spraying must be done as quickly as 

 possible while there is time. 



There are a great many Stayman Winesap apples in Henderson 

 County that are in bearing now, and the results have not been very 

 good with that variety. The crops are good but the apples seem to 

 crack very badly, which gives a great many culls. Whether the soil 

 causes this we do not know. Some experiments are being tried out 

 on the county poor farm which will show some results in years to 

 come that will be of benefit to the whole state. 



The apple industry is growing iu our county and we believe we 

 shall become one of the greatest fruit producing counties in the 

 state when tobacco planting is replaced by orcharding. 



Q. What is the price that the growers expect to get for their 

 Winesaps ? 



A. I can harly say. Year before last, at the time they stored 

 the apples, they got $4.50 a barrel. Some men sold their apples 

 as high as $8.00, after being stored till February. This year I 

 think they will bring $6.00. 



Q. Does the Stayman Wiaesap give trouble cracking in all 

 sorts of soils ? 



A. There is only one orchard where they do not crack. It is 

 on the roughest land in that county. The elevation is 100 to 150 

 feet. It never has been cultivated, only pruned and sprayed. 



Q. Why is it you have not mentioned the Grimes Golden ? When 



